User Guide

Using VirusScan Command-line Options
114 McAfee VirusScan
/PAUSE On-demand
scanning only
Enables screen pause.
The Press any key to continue prompt will
appear when the scanner fills a screen with
messages. Otherwise, by default, the scanner fills
and scrolls a screen continuously without stopping,
which allows it to run on PCs with multiple drives or
that have severe infections, without needing your
input.
McAfee VirusScan recommends omitting /PAUSE
when using the report options (/REPORT,
/RPTCOR, and /RPTERR)
/PLAD On-demand
scanning only
Preserves the last access dates on Novell
NetWare drives.
Normally, proprietary network drives update the
last access date when the scanner opens and
examines a file. However, some tape backup
systems use this last access date to decide
whether to back up the file. Use /PLAD to ensure
that the last access date does not change as the
result of scanning
/RECONNECT On-access
scanning only
Restores the VShield scanner after it has been
disabled by certain drivers or memory-resident
programs.
/REMOVE On-access
scanning only
Unloads the VShield scanner from memory.
/REPORT
<filename> On-demand
scanning only
Creates a report of infected files and system
errors, and saves the data to <filename> in ASCII
text file format.
If <filename> already exists, /REPORT will
overwrite it. To avoid overwriting, use the
/APPEND option with /REPORT: The scanner will
instead add report information to the end of the file,
instead of overwriting it.
You can also use /RPTALL, /RPTCOR, and
/RPTERR to add scanned files, corrupted files,
modified files, and system errors to the report.
You can include the destination drive and directory
(such as D:\VSREPRT\ALL.TXT), but if the
destination is a network drive, you must have
rights to create and delete files on that drive.
McAfee VirusScan recommends omitting /PAUSE
when using any report option.
Table C-1. VirusScan command-line scanner options