Arguments

The following arguments can be passed into File Verification:

Argument	Description
-f, --file <file>	(Required) The file or folder to generate the checksum.
-a, --algorithm <MD5,SHA1,SHA256,SHA512>	The hash algorithm used to generate the checksum. Default: SHA256.
-cf, --checksumfile <checksum file>	The name of the checksum file. Default: __fv.txt.
-esd, --excludesubdir	Exclude files in subdirectories when creating the checksums.
-ha, --hash <hash>	The hash used to validate against the file specified with the -f argument.
-t, --threads <threads>	The number of threads to use to verify the file(s). Default: number of processors.
-ho, --hashonly	Generate and display the file hash - doesn't save the hash to the checksum file.
- sf, --settingsfile <settingsFile>	The full path to the settings XML file.
--version	Version information.
-?, -h, --help	Show the help and usage information.

When either the hash or hashonly arguments are specified, the checksum of the file is not saved to the checksum file. The file attribute must contain the location of a file and not a folder.