Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X: using Sophos Anti-Virus via Terminal
You can run on-demand scans via Terminal, Mac OS X's command line interface.
Examples of what can be done include running scheduled scans with cron.
What to do
Opening Terminal
- In a Finder window, click 'Applications'.
- Click 'Utilities'.
- Double-click 'Terminal' to open Terminal.
Running a command line scan in Terminal
To scan the local computer, type
sweep /
To scan a particular directory or file, use the path of the item to be scanned. For example
sweep /usr/mydirectory/myfile
To remove infected files, use the -remove option. For example, to remove all infected files on the local computer, type
sweep / -remove
To disinfect files use the -di option. For example, to disinfect all infected data files in a particular directory or file, type
sweep /usr/mydirectory/myfile -di
For more information
For a complete list of all command line options that can be used with the sweep command, type
sweep -h
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 12178
- Created: 9 Nov 2004
- Last updated: 28 Oct 2008
