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Administrator’s Guide 165
Using VirusScan Command-line Options
Table C-2. SCAN32.EXE command-line options
Option Use
/SPLASH This option tells the VirusScan application to display its identity or
“splash” screen when it starts.
/NOSPLASH This option tells the VirusScan application to hide its identity or “splash”
screen when it starts.
/AUTOSCAN This option tells the VirusScan application to run a scan operation
immediately, with the configuration options currently set, and without
further user interaction. To have the application begin scanning
immediately, you must start it with either the /UIEXONLY or the
/UINONE options on the same command line. If you start it with the
/UICONFIG option, you must click the Scan Now button in the
application window to begin the scan operation.
/NOAUTOSCAN This option tells the VirusScan application not to start its scan operation
automatically. Instead, depending on the user-interface options you’ve
entered on the command line, the application window will open for you to
set configuration options.
• If you set the user-interface option to /UICONFIG, the application will
default to /NOAUTOSCAN.
• If you set the user-interface option to /UINONE, the application will
run with /AUTOSCAN enabled. Enter NOAUTOSCAN to suppress
this behavior.
• If you set the user-interface option to /UIEXONLY, the application will
run with /AUTOSCAN enabled. Enter NOAUTOSCAN to suppress
this behavior.
/AUTOEXIT This option tells the VirusScan application to quit as soon as it completes
a scan operation during which it finds no viruses.
/NOAUTOEXIT This option tells the VirusScan application not to quit after a scan
operation in which it finds no viruses. Instead, the VirusScan application
window will remain open if you have told the application to run with it
open.
/ALWAYSEXIT This option tells the VirusScan application to quit immediately after it
completes a scan operation, whether it found a virus, encountered an
error, or finished without incident.
/NOALWAYSEXIT This tells the VirusScan application not to quit immediately after it
completes a scan operation. Instead, any other command-line options
you’ve chosen will determine what it does when it finishes.