question about file carver `carver disable function` and `di

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question about file carver `carver disable function` and `disable carver` both default to true What happens if you set one to false What is the difference between the two flags

zwass · Answer

heh this was one I was wondering about recently sweat smile let me see if I can dig up the thread

zwass · Answer

Ah there s no thread but <https github com fleetdm fleet blob a7aa14fa7604b8ab503d326a10c7188ef6312e58 orbit pkg osquery flags go L30 L32>

zwass · Answer

This double negative ` disable foo=false` is unfortunately common in osquery IIRC it s due to something with the way that gflags our flag parsing library handles default values

Ted Dorosheff · Answer

ahh okay thanks for clarifying