TABLE 2-7describes the arguments available to the Merge command. Also see “Case Sensitivity of Command Arguments” on page 16.

Command Description

The Merge command combines (merges) a number of input signature files into one resulting signature file. See “Signature File Merge Rules” on page 11 for details on the rules used for merging, and “Signature File Formats” on page 16 for details on supported versions of signature file formats..

TABLE 2-7Merge Command Arguments

ArgumentDescription

-help

-Files

-Write -Binary

Optional. Displays usage information for available command arguments and exits.

Required. Specifies the names of the signature files to be merged delimited by a file separator. The file separator on UNIX systems is a colon (:) character, and on Microsoft Windows systems it is a semicolon (;). See “Signature File Merge Rules” on page 11 for details on the rules used for merging.

Required. Specifies the resulting output signature file.

Optional. Specifies to use the binary merge mode. See “Source and Binary Compatibility Modes” on page 4.

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