Parameter

Description

--help

Function: Instructs to output short help information about command-line parameters to the console or to the terminal emulator and to exit upon completion.

Short form: -h

Arguments: None.

--version

Function: Instructs to output information about the version of this component to the console or to the terminal emulator and to exit after completion.

Short form: -v

Arguments: None.

Additional launch parameters (they are the same as configuration file parameters and substitute them when required):

--EnginePath

Function: Specify a path to the library of Dr.Web Virus-Finding Engine anti-virus engine.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <path to the file>—a full path to the library that you want to use.

--VirusBaseDir

Function: Specify a path to the directory with virus database files.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <path to the catalog>—path to the virus database directory.

--TempDir

Function: Specify a path to the directory with temporary files.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <path to the catalog>—full path to the directory with temporary files.

--Key

Function: Specify a path to the key file.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <path to the file>—a full path to the key file that you want to use.

--MaxForks

Function: Determine the maximum allowed number of child processes which can be started by Dr.Web Scanning Engine during scanning.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <number>—the maximum allowed number of child processes.

--MaxForksPerFile

Function: Determine the maximum allowed number of child processes which can be used by Dr.Web Scanning Engine during scanning one compound file (an archive, a container, etc.).

Short form: No.

Arguments: <number>—the maximum allowed number of child processes. Cannot be less than 1 and greater than the --MaxForks parameter value.

--WatchdogInterval

Description: Determine frequency with which Dr.Web Scanning Engine checks whether child processes are operable and stops those processes that stopped responding.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <time interval>—frequency of checking child processes.

--Shelltrace

Function: turn on the shell tracing (log detailed information on file scanning performed by Dr.Web Virus-Finding Engine).

Short form: No.

Arguments: None.

--LogLevel

Description: Set the level of logging executed by Dr.Web Scanning Engine during the operation.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <logging level>. Allowed values:

•DEBUG—the most detailed logging level. All messages and debug information are registered.

•INFO—all messages are registered.

•NOTICE—all error messages, warnings, and notifications are registered.

•WARNING—all error messages and warnings are registered.

•ERROR—only error messages are registered.

--Log

Description: Specify the method for logging component messages.

Short form: No.

Arguments: <log type>. Allowed values:

•Stderr[:ShowTimestamp]—messages are output to a standard error stream stderr.
Additional option ShowTimestamp instructs to add a time stamp to every message.

•Syslog[:<facility>]—messages are transmitted to the system logging service syslog.
Additional option <facility> is used to specify a level at which syslog registers messages. The following values are possible:

oDAEMON—messages of daemons.

oUSER—messages of user processes.

oMAIL—messages of mail programs.

oLOCAL0—messages of local processes 0.

...

oLOCAL7—messages of local processes 7.

•<path>—path to the file where all messages are registered.

Examples:

--Log /var/opt/drweb.com/log/se.log

--Log Stderr:ShowTimestamp

--Log Syslog:DAEMON