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28 Signature Test Tool 2.0 User’s Guide • April 2008
TABLE 2-7 describes the arguments available to the Merge command. Also see “Case
Sensitivity of Command Arguments” on page 16.
Command Description
The Merge command combines (merges) a number of input signature files into one
resulting signature file. See “Signature File Merge Rules” on page 11 for details on
the rules used for merging, and “Signature File Formats” on page 16 for details on
supported versions of signature file formats..
TABLE 2-7 Merge Command Arguments
Argument Description
-help
Optional. Displays usage information for available command arguments
and exits.
-Files
Required. Specifies the names of the signature files to be merged delimited
by a file separator. The file separator on UNIX systems is a colon (:)
character, and on Microsoft Windows systems it is a semicolon (;). See
“Signature File Merge Rules” on page 11 for details on the rules used for
merging.
-Write
Required. Specifies the resulting output signature file.
-Binary
Optional. Specifies to use the binary merge mode. See “Source and Binary
Compatibility Modes” on page 4.