Contents->Command Line
  1. Usage
  2. Options
  3. GUI Options
  4. Environment Variables
  5. Return Values

Usage

<path(s)...> specifies the full paths to the file(s) and/or directory(ies) to scan at startup.

[options]can be any of the following:

[options] Description
--recursive Recurse into subdirectories
-r Same as --recursive
--executables-only Scan executable files only
-x Same as --executables-only
--ignore-links Do not scan links
-l Same as --ignore-links
--database <path> Set the virus database to <path> (this may be a file or directory)
-db <path> Same as --database
--scan Specifies to perform a scan in text-mode. This is typically used internally by this program to call itself in order to perform a scan process when it is running in GUI mode.
--help Prints the help screen and exits
--version Prints the version and exits

[GUI_options] can be any of the following:

[GUI_options] Description
--geometry <WxH+X+Y> Specifies the geometry of the windows
--fn <font> Specifies the font to be used for the lists
--fg <color> Specifies the foreground color for the lists
--bg <color> Specifies the background color for the lists
--sfg <color> Specifies the selected foreground & text color for the lists
--sbg <color> Specifies the selected background & base color for the lists
--cfg <color> Specifies the pointer cursor's foreground color
--cbg <color> Specifies the pointer cursor's background color
--bg-pixmap <path> Specifies the background pixmap for the lists
--sbg-pixmap <path> Specifies the selected background pixmap for the lists
--name <name> Specifies the WM window name
--class <class> Specifies the WM class name
--title <title> Specifies the title to be displayed on the title bars

[GUI_options] can be any options standard to your GUI, consult your GUI's manual for available options.

Command line options override any options in the configuration file.


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Environment Variables

Environment Variable Description
DISPLAY Specifies the host address, display number, and screen number to connect to the X server
PATH Specifies the search path, a string containing a list of paths separated by ; characters
USERNAME Specifies the user's name
USER Fallback for USERNAME
HOME Specifies the absolute path to the user's home directory
EDITOR Specifies the command to execute the prefered text editor
EDIT Fallback for EDITOR
VIEWER Specifies the command to execute the prefered file viewer
VIEW Fallback for VIEWER
BROWSER Specifies the command to execute the prefered web browser
HELPBROWSER Specifies the command to execute the prefered help browser (if this is not set then it will fallback to BROWSER)
TMPDIR Specifies the path to the tempory files directory (default value is /tmp)

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Return Values

Return Value Description
0 Success
1 Virus detected or general error
2 Bad value
3 Systems error or memory allocation error
4 User aborted
5 An identical operation is already in progress
8 Segmentation fault

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