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5.2 Scanning on-demand with AntiVir Command Line Scanner

Syntax

To scan on-demand, using certain parameters:

avscan [option] [directory [...]]

If you have not specified any directory, it scans only the current directory.

If you want to scan certain files in a directory, the syntax is:

avscan [option] [directory][filename]

Options

You can use the following options for the Command Line Scanner, in various

combinations. All non-option strings are considered files or directories to be scanned (by

default, no recursion beyond the first level of the directory structure).

--scan-in-mbox[=<bool>]

Enables or disables recursion into archive

mailbox. By default on.

--scan-incomplete-action=

Alert action in case of incomplete scan. It

can be set to ignore, warn, block or

alert. See “Alert Conditions” on page 19.

--scan-mode=<spec>

Instructs the scanner how a sample should

be scanned.

ScanMode {all|smart|ext}

--send-snmp-traps=yes|no

Enables or disables SNMP traps. Default:

no.

--snmp-verbosity-level=<level>

Sets the verbosity level of SNMP traps;

apart from snmp, it supports syslog levels

notice|information|warning|

error|alert. Default: only snmp-

specific alerts and important status

information are sent.

--snmp-recipient=<localhost| ip

address>

The string holds the localhost or IP

address, needed to configure the

recipient(s) of SNMP traps.

--temp-dir=<dir>

Defines the absolute path of the temporary