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The options for the avgupdate command are described in the following table: 
Parameter  Description 
-o, --online  Performs an online update from the Internet; the location where 
the update files are downloaded from is specified in the AVG Anti-
Virus configuration file. 
(See section
 8. Configuration File for detailed information.). 
-f, --offline  Performs an offline update from the location specified in the given 
path or list (as described in the beginning of this paragraph). 
-d, --
download 
Only downloads update files without applying them; the download 
directory is specified in the AVG Anti-Virus configuration file. 
(See section 
8. Configuration File for detailed information.) 
-p, --priority 
NUM 
Specifies the priority of an update explicitly; the possible priority 
numbers are: 
2 – priority update 
3 – recommended update 
4 – optional update 
-c, --config 
FILE 
Forces use of a configuration file other than the default one 
(
/etc/avg.conf). The filename (with the specified path if 
necessary) is given by the FILE argument. 
-i, --no-diff  Even when smaller binary diff files are available, only the full 
update files will be downloaded; this option can be useful when 
some parts of your AVG for Linux E-mail Server installation are 
corrupted or missing. 
-b, --no-
backup 
When this option is selected the update process will not create 
backups of older files. 
-n, --no-
progress 
avgupdate does not display update progress information after 
selecting this option. 
-l, --no-log  No log file describing the update process will be created when this 
option is selected (by default, the log file is stored as 
/
opt/grisoft/avg7/var/update/log/avg7upd.log). 










