Chapter 2. Run in Batch Mode

Verissimo can be invoked in batch mode by running:

$DVT_HOME/bin/verissimo.sh ...

Main Use Cases

Generate the HTML documentation of all the available rules:

verissimo.sh -gen_rulepool_doc

Generate the XML ruleset of all the available rules:

verissimo.sh -gen_rulepool_xml

Generate the XML ruleset of all the available rules, displaying id, default title and parameters for each rule

verissimo.sh -gen_rulepool_xml -rulepool_xml_include id,title,parameters

Run all rules

verissimo.sh -cmd my_compile.args

Run all rules and generate HTML lint report

verissimo.sh -cmd my_compile.args -gen_html_report

Run a specific ruleset

verissimo.sh -cmd my_compile.args -ruleset my_ruleset.xml

Run the XVM compliance ruleset

verissimo.sh -cmd my_compile.args -compliance

Generate the HTML documentation for a specific ruleset

verissimo.sh -gen_ruleset_doc -ruleset my_ruleset.xml

Arguments

Argument	Description
basic	Optional. Run the basic predefined ruleset.
cmd <command file>	Mandatory. Compile using the specified compilation arguments file.
compile_waivers <file>	Optional. Waive compilation errors using the waivers specified in the XML file. See Compile Waivers.
compliance	Optional. Run the XVM compliance predefined ruleset.
custom_rules <jars>	Optional. Path to jars containing custom rules.
custom_report_location	Optional. Destination directory for the custom lint report.
debug_custom_rules <class>	Optional. Name of the custom rule class to be debugged.
debug_custom_rules_from_files <files>	Optional. Path of the file containing custom rule class names to be debugged.
diff <directory>	Optional. Directory of the HTML report to be differentiated with other reports specified by subsequent 'diff' arguments.
fail_on_severity <error \| warning \| info>	Optional. Fail if the result contains checks with severities equal or higher than the specified severity. Default: info
gen_custom_report <FTL file>	Optional, one or more. Generate a custom report using the specified template. See Custom Report
gen_html_report	Optional. Generates the HTML lint report.
gen_rulepool_doc	Optional. Generate the HTML documentation with all available rules.
gen_rulepool_xml	Optional. Generate the XML ruleset with all available rules.
gen_ruleset_doc	Optional. Generate the HTML documentation with all the rules from the specified ruleset.
gen_ruleset_xml	Optional. Generate the XML ruleset with all the rules from the specified predefined ruleset (if no predefined ruleset is specified, an XML with all available rules will be generated).
heap_size <size>	Optional. Set the Java heap size. Default is 1024m for 32 bit OSs and 3072m for 64 bit OSs.
help	Print help and exit.
html_report_location	Optional. Destination directory for the HTML lint report.
ignore_build_config_errors	Optional. Ignore build configuration errors.
ignore_compile_errors	Optional. Ignore compile errors, disable printing of compilation errors and continue with linting.
ignore_lint_errors	Optional. Ignore lint errors and disable printing of lint errors.
ignore_lint_infos	Optional. Ignore lint infos and disable printing of lint infos.
ignore_lint_warnings	Optional. Ignore lint warnings and disable printing of lint warnings.
info <key=value>	Optional. Place a 'key=value' annotation on all hits from a generated HTML report, in order to create filters based on them after a merge of reports.
list_unused_available_rules	Optional. List available rules not used in current ruleset.
log <log file>	Optional. Log to specified file.
merge <directory>	Optional. Directory of the HTML report to be merged with other reports specified by subsequent 'merge' arguments.
ovm	Optional. Run Verissimo XVM rules as OVM (if not specified UVM will be used).
ruleset <XML file>	Optional. XML ruleset file. See Rulesets.
rulepool_xml_include <rule_attributes>	Optional. Used only with -gen_rulepool_xml to specify what rule attributes should be displayed in the generated XML ruleset. Comma separated list of: complete_rule_info, id, name, title, severity, description, parameters, commented_parameters, parameters_info.
silent	Optional. Turn on minimal output.
since <yyyy-MM-dd>	Optional. Show only rules added since yyyy-MM-dd when generating rulepool HTML and XML or listing unused rules.
stack_size <size>	Optional. Set the Java thread stack size. Default is 1m for 32 bit OSs and 4m for 64 bit OSs.
waivers <XML file>	Optional. XML waivers file. See Lint Waivers.
zero_exit_on_lint_failures	Optional. Return exit code zero even if some checks fail. Non-zero exit code is returned only when an internal error occurs (execution exceptions or wrong arguments).