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HCL AppScan Source
  • Welcome
  • What's New
  • Installing
  • Configuring
  • Administering
  • Scanning
  • Triage and analysis
  • Reporting
  • Extending product function
  • Reference
  • Troubleshooting and support
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  2. Reference

    Review reference information for HCL® AppScan® Source, including using utilities, plug-ins, and APIs.

  3. AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI)

    The CLI is an interface to core AppScan® Source functionality.

  4. AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI) commands

  5. deleteassess (da)

  • Welcome

    Welcome to the documentation for HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • What's New

    Explore these new features that have been added to AppScan® Source - and note any features and capabilities that have been deprecated in this release.

  • Installing

    Learn how to install, upgrade, and activate HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Configuring

    Learn how to configure applications, folders, and projects, and set attributes and properties in HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Administering

    Learn how to administer user accounts and permissions, audit user activity, and manage integrations in HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Scanning

    This section explains how to scan your source code and manage assessments in HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Triage and analysis

    Grouping similar findings allows security analysts or IT auditors to segment and triage source code problems. This section explains how to triage AppScan® Source assessments and analyze results.

  • Reporting

    Security analysts and risk managers can access reports of select findings or a series of audit reports that measure compliance with software security best practices and regulatory requirements. This section explains how to create reports of aggregate finding data.

  • Extending product function

    Learn how to extend the product to meet specific development requirements.

  • Reference

    Review reference information for HCL® AppScan® Source, including using utilities, plug-ins, and APIs.

    • The Ounce/Make build utility

      Ounce/Make is a tool that automates the importing of configuration information into AppScan® Source from build environments that use makefile. Ounce/Make eliminates the need to import configuration information from makefiles manually; this the recommended method of configuring these projects.

    • AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI)

      The CLI is an interface to core AppScan® Source functionality.

      • Objects and context

      • AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI) permissions

        Many CLI commands require that you have the appropriate AppScan® Source permissions.

      • Starting the AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI)

      • Command syntax

        AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI) commands conform to a usage template with required and optional arguments, similar to a command shell. CLI commands are not case sensitive and do not require switches for different arguments.

      • AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI) commands

        • AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI) command summary

        • about (a)

        • appscandelta (delta)
        • clearcache (cc)

        • delete (del)

        • deleteassess (da)

        • deleteuser (du)

        • delvar (dv)

        • details (det)

        • echo

        • export (expt)

        • getaseinfo (gase)

        • help (?)

        • import (im)

        • info (i)

        • list (ls, dir)

        • listassess (la)

        • listgroups (lgrp)

        • listusers (lu)

        • log

        • login (in)

        • login_file

        • login_local (local)

        • logout (out)

        • moduser (mu)

        • newuser (nu)

        • openapplication (oa)

        • openassessmentfile (oaf)

        • openfolder (of)
        • password (passwd)

        • printuser (pu)

        • publishassess (pa)

        • publishassessase (pase)

        • quit

        • record (rc)

        • refresh (rf)

        • register (reg)

        • removeassess (da)

        • report (rpt)

        • scan (sc)

        • script (scr)

        • setaseinfo (sase)

          If your AppScan® Enterprise Server has been installed with the AppScan Enterprise Console option, you can publish assessments to it. The Enterprise Console offers a variety of tools for working with your assessments - such as reporting features, issue management, trend analysis, and dashboards.

        • setcurrentobject (set, cd)

        • setvar (sv)

        • unregister (unreg)

      • Configuring a scan to run with the CLI

        You can use a configuration file to customize how a scan is run with the command line interface (using the scan command), wherein you can specify individual targets - or include or exclude targets. In addition, you can use the configuration file to specify additional information that would help to generate complete scan results.

      • Running automated assessments

        The AppScan® Source command line interface (CLI) enables you to automatically import an AppScan Source project file (.ppf) and scan your source code. From the command line, you can run a script, such as the following sample, Run_Assessments.txt.

    • The Ounce/Ant build tool

      This section describes how to use Ounce/Ant, an AppScan® Source build utility that integrates AppScan Source and Apache Ant. Integrating Ounce/Ant with your Ant environment helps you automate builds and code assessments.

    • AppScan® Source Data Access API

      The Data Access API provides access to AppScan® Source-generated assessment results, including findings and finding details. It also provides access to assessment metrics such as analysis date and time, lines of code, V-density, and number of findings.

    • Glossary

      Learn common product terminology.

  • Troubleshooting and support

    Self-help information, resources, and tools to help you troubleshoot issues while using HCL® AppScan® Source.

deleteassess (da)

This command has been renamed. See removeassess (da).

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