DependencyCheck/dependency-check-cli/src/site/markdown/arguments.md

Command Line Arguments

The following table lists the command line arguments:

Short	Argument Name	Parameter	Description	Requirement
--project	<name>	The name of the project being scanned.	Required
-s	--scan	<path>	The path to scan - this option can be specified multiple times. It is also possible to specify Ant style paths (e.g. directory/**/*.jar).	Required
--exclude	<pattern>	The path patterns to exclude from the scan - this option can be specified multiple times. This accepts Ant style path patterns (e.g. /exclude/).	Optional
--symLink	<depth>	The depth that symbolic links will be followed; the default is 0 meaning symbolic links will not be followed.	Optional
-o	--out	<path>	The folder to write reports to. This defaults to the current directory. If the format is not set to ALL one could specify a specific file name.	Optional
-f	--format	<format>	The output format to write to (XML, HTML, VULN, ALL). The default is HTML.	Required
-l	--log	<file>	The file path to write verbose logging information.	Optional
-n	--noupdate		Disables the automatic updating of the CPE data.	Optional
--suppression	<file>	The file path to the suppression XML file; used to suppress false positives.	Optional
-h	--help		Print the help message.	Optional
--advancedHelp		Print the advanced help message.	Optional
-v	--version		Print the version information.	Optional
--cveValidForHours	<hours>	The number of hours to wait before checking for new updates from the NVD. The default is 4 hours.	Optional
--experimental		Enable the experimental analyzers. If not set the analyzers marked as experimental below will not be loaded or used.	Optional

Advanced Options

Short	Argument Name	Parameter	Description	Default Value
--cveUrl12Modified	<url>	URL for the modified CVE 1.2	https://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-Modified.xml.gz
--cveUrl20Modified	<url>	URL for the modified CVE 2.0	https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-Modified.xml.gz
--cveUrl12Base	<url>	Base URL for each year's CVE 1.2, the %d will be replaced with the year	https://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-%d.xml.gz
--cveUrl20Base	<url>	Base URL for each year's CVE 2.0, the %d will be replaced with the year	https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-%d.xml.gz
-P	--propertyfile	<file>	Specifies a file that contains properties to use instead of applicaion defaults.
--updateonly		If set only the update phase of dependency-check will be executed; no scan will be executed and no report will be generated.
--disablePyDist		Sets whether the experimental Python Distribution Analyzer will be used.	false
--disablePyPkg		Sets whether the experimental Python Package Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableNodeJS		Sets whether the experimental Node.js Package Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableRubygems		Sets whether the experimental Ruby Gemspec Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableBundleAudit		Sets whether the experimental Ruby Bundler Audit Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableAutoconf		Sets whether the experimental Autoconf Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableOpenSSL		Sets whether the OpenSSL Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableCmake		Sets whether the experimental Cmake Analyzer will be disabled.	false
--disableArchive		Sets whether the Archive Analyzer will be disabled.	false
--zipExtensions	<strings>	A comma-separated list of additional file extensions to be treated like a ZIP file, the contents will be extracted and analyzed.
--disableJar		Sets whether the Jar Analyzer will be disabled.	false
--disableComposer		Sets whether the experimental PHP Composer Lock File Analyzer will be disabled.	false
--disableCentral		Sets whether the Central Analyzer will be used. Disabling this analyzer is not recommended as it could lead to false negatives (e.g. libraries that have vulnerabilities may not be reported correctly). If this analyzer is being disabled there is a good chance you also want to disable the Nexus Analyzer.	false
--disableNexus		Sets whether the Nexus Analyzer will be used. Note, this has been superceded by the Central Analyzer. However, you can configure the Nexus URL to utilize an internally hosted Nexus Pro server.	false
--nexus	<url>	The url to the Nexus Server's web service end point (example: http://domain.enterprise/nexus/service/local/). If not set the Nexus Analyzer will be disabled.
--nexusUsesProxy	<true|false>	Whether or not the defined proxy should be used when connecting to Nexus.	true
--disableNuspec		Sets whether or not the .NET Nuget Nuspec Analyzer will be used.	false
--disableAssembly		Sets whether or not the .NET Assembly Analyzer should be used.	false
--mono	<path>	The path to Mono for .NET Assembly analysis on non-windows systems.
--bundleAudit		The path to the bundle-audit executable.
--proxyserver	<server>	The proxy server to use when downloading resources; see the proxy configuration page for more information.
--proxyport	<port>	The proxy port to use when downloading resources.
--connectiontimeout	<timeout>	The connection timeout (in milliseconds) to use when downloading resources.
--proxypass	<pass>	The proxy password to use when downloading resources.
--proxyuser	<user>	The proxy username to use when downloading resources.
--connectionString	<connStr>	The connection string to the database.
--dbDriverName	<driver>	The database driver name.
--dbDriverPath	<path>	The path to the database driver; note, this does not need to be set unless the JAR is outside of the class path.
--dbPassword	<password>	The password for connecting to the database.
--dbUser	<user>	The username used to connect to the database.
-d	--data	<path>	The location of the data directory used to store persistent data. This option should generally not be set.
--purge		Delete the local copy of the NVD. This is used to force a refresh of the data.