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The following table lists the options that can be added to the SCAN command.
Table C-1. VirusScan command-line scanner options
Command-line
Option
/? or /HELP
/ADL
/ADN
/ALERTPATH <dir>
/ALL
/ANALYZE
/ANYACCESS
Limitations Description
None Displays a list of VirusScan command-line options,
each with a brief description.
On-demand Scan all local drives—including compressed drives
scanning only and PC cards, but not disks—in addition to any
other drive specified on the command line.
To scan both local and network drives, use the
/ADL and /ADN commands together in the same
command line.
OS/2: /ADL includes the CD-ROM drive in the
scan, when used with /NODDA.
On-demand Scan all network drives—including CD-ROM—for
scanning only viruses, in addition to any other drive(s) specified
on the command line.
To scan both local drives and network drives, use
the /ADL and /ADN commands together in the
same command line.
On-demand Designates the directory <dir> as a network path
scanning only for Centralized Alerting alert messages.
On-demand Overrides the default scan setting by scanning all
scanning only infectable files—regardless of extension.
Using the /ALL option substantially increases the
scanning time required. Use it only if you find a
virus or suspect that you have one.
On-demand Sets scanner to use its full heuristics, both
scanning only program and macro.
Extended /MANALYZE targets macro viruses only.
memory
/PANALYZE targets program viruses only.
required.
On-access Scans:
scanning only
• the boot sector whenever a disk is either read or
written to
• executables
• any newly created files
Using VirusScan Command-line Options
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