Global commands (Windows™)
Use global commands to display CLI help and Static Analyzer Command Line Utility version information.
appscan help
Syntax:
appscan help <command>
Description:
Display help for all commands or an individual command.
Optional flags/settings:
<command>
: To display the help for an individual command, specify it here.
Examples:
To see the
help for the prepare
command, specify this:
appscan help prepare
appscan version
Syntax:
appscan version
Description:
Display the Static Analyzer Command Line Utility version.
appscan
update
Syntax:
appscan update
appscan checkUpdate
Description:
Checks if there is a new update is available on the HCL AppScan on Cloud server. If a new version is available this command downloads and installs it into the same location as the current version.
If the default package name is used for the
current SAClientUti
l installation (for example,
C:\SAClientUtil.8.0.nnnn), after update is completed, the
version string is removed from the directory name (for example,
C:\SAClientUtil). If a custom name is used for
SAClientUtil
directory, that name is retained after update.
(for example, C:\MySAClient).
If there is no new update available from the server, the user is notified.
Examples:
appscan checkUpdate
Check if
an update is available on the server before actually updating the product. If an update
is available, the user is notified, including updated version number. For example, "An
update is available. Version:
8.0.1401."appscan update
Checks if there is an update available on the server, then it downloads and installs it, notifying the user as follows:
C:\SAClientUtil.8.0.1400\bin\appscan update
An update is available. Version: 8.0.1401
Downloading the update...
Extracting the update...
Update complete.
New version is located at: C:\SAClientUtil
update
command is not supported.