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Parameter Description

-repappend FILE Reports messages about the test progress and results to the

specified file; the file name must be given right after this

option, and separated by the space character; in reverse to

the previous option, an existing file can be used to append

the information to the end of the file; when a new file is

specified, it will be created.

-repok Switches on reporting of uninfected files ‘is OK’.

-stoplevel N Pauses when an erroneous state is encountered during

scanning. Requires the integer argument N defining the

internal code of a state in which the scan shall be paused.

-h, --help Prints a brief overview of the program's options and usage.

-pup Results in the detection of “potentially unwanted programs”

within the scanning. Potentially unwanted program can be

for example spy-ware or other possibly insecure programs.

Note: If you launch the avgscan command with the –clean parameter, AVG Anti-

Virus

will attempt to heal all infected files automatically. When the healing is

successful, a

$VAULT$.AVG folder is created (unless it exists already) in the home

directory of the user who performed the test. The infected files are moved into this

directory then, whereas the cleaned files remain in their original locations. Note the

infected files are stored in a special

AVG Anti-Virus format, ensuring they are

absolutely harmless for your system!

Return values of

avgscan program are:

z 0 – no errors

z 1 – the test was interrupted by user

z 2 – an error occurred during the test (e.g. cannot open file event)

z 3 – file system changes detected

z 4 – a suspect object found by heuristic analysis

z 5 – a virus found by heuristic analysis

z 6 – a particular virus was found

z 7 – an active virus found in memory

z 8 – corruption of some of the AVG for Linux E-mail Server command line

components

z 10 – an archive contains password protected files

Some typical examples of

avgscan use with brief explanations follow:

z $ avgscan /home/user