SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

General options:

-jvmArgs args

Pass args to JVM

-maxHeap size

Maximum Java heap size in megabytes (default=768)

-javahome <dir>

Specify location of JRE

General FindBugs options:

-project <project>

analyze given project

-home <home directory>

specify FindBugs home directory

-pluginList <jar1[:jar2...]>

specify list of plugin Jar files to load

-effort[:min|less|default|more|max]

set analysis effort level

-adjustExperimental

lower priority of experimental Bug Patterns

-workHard

ensure analysis effort is at least 'default'

-conserveSpace

same as -effort:min (for backward compatibility)

-showPlugins

show list of available detector plugins

-userPrefs <filename>

user preferences file, e.g /path/to/project/.settings/edu.umd.cs.findbugs.core.prefs for Eclipse projects

Output options:

-timestampNow

set timestamp of results to be current time

-quiet

suppress error messages

-longBugCodes

report long bug codes

-progress

display progress in terminal window

-release <release name>

set the release name of the analyzed application

-experimental

report of any confidence level including experimental bug patterns

-low

report warnings of any confidence level

-medium

report only medium and high confidence warnings [default]

-high

report only high confidence warnings

-maxRank <rank>

only report issues with a bug rank at least as scary as that provided

-dontCombineWarnings

Don't combine warnings that differ only in line number

-sortByClass

sort warnings by class

-xml[:withMessages]

XML output (optionally with messages)

-xdocs

xdoc XML output to use with Apache Maven

-html[:stylesheet]

Generate HTML output (default stylesheet is default.xsl)

-emacs

Use emacs reporting format

-relaxed

Relaxed reporting mode (more false positives!)

-train[:outputDir]

Save training data (experimental); output dir defaults to '.'

-useTraining[:inputDir]

Use training data (experimental); input dir defaults to '.'

-redoAnalysis <filename>

Redo analysis using configureation from previous analysis

-sourceInfo <filename>

Specify source info file (line numbers for fields/classes)

-projectName <project name>

Descriptive name of project

-reanalyze <filename>

redo analysis in provided file

-output <filename>

Save output in named file

-nested[:true|false]

analyze nested jar/zip archives (default=true)

Output filtering options:

-bugCategories <cat1[,cat2...]>

only report bugs in given categories

-onlyAnalyze <classes/packages>

only analyze given classes and packages; end with .* to indicate classes in a package, .- to indicate a package prefix

-excludeBugs <baseline bugs>

exclude bugs that are also reported in the baseline xml output

-exclude <filter file>

exclude bugs matching given filter

-include <filter file>

include only bugs matching given filter

-applySuppression

Exclude any bugs that match suppression filter loaded from fbp file

Detector (visitor) configuration options:

-visitors <v1[,v2...]>

run only named visitors

-omitVisitors <v1[,v2...]>

omit named visitors

-chooseVisitors <+v1,-v2,...>

selectively enable/disable detectors

-choosePlugins <+p1,-p2,...>

selectively enable/disable plugins

-adjustPriority <v1=(raise|lower)[,...]> raise/lower priority of warnings for given visitor(s)

Project configuration options:

-auxclasspath <classpath>

set aux classpath for analysis

-auxclasspathFromInput

read aux classpath from standard input

-auxclasspathFromFile <filepath>

read aux classpaths from a designated file

-sourcepath <source path>

set source path for analyzed classes

-exitcode

set exit code of process

-noClassOk

output empty warning file if no classes are specified

-xargs

get list of classfiles/jarfiles from standard input rather than command line

-analyzeFromFile <filepath>

get the list of class/jar files from a designated file

-cloud <id>

set cloud id

-cloudProperty <key=value>

set cloud property

-bugReporters <name,name2,-name3>

bug reporter decorators to explicitly enable/disable

-printConfiguration

print configuration and exit, without running analysis

-version

print version, check for updates and exit, without running analysis