gocsaf/docs/csaf_validator.md

csaf_validator

is a tool to validate local advisories files against the JSON Schema and an optional remote validator.

Exit codes

If no fatal error occurs the program will exit with an exit code n with the following conditions:

• n == 0: all valid
• (n / 2) % 1 == 1: schema validation failed
• (n / 4) % 1 == 1: no remote validator configured
• (n / 8) % 1 == 1: failure in remote validation

Usage

csaf_validator [OPTIONS] files...

Application Options:
      --version                   Display version of the binary
      --validator=URL             URL to validate documents remotely
      --validator_cache=FILE       FILE to cache remote validations
      --validator_preset=          One or more presets to validate remotely (default: mandatory)
      -o AMOUNT, --output=AMOUNT  If a remote validator was used, display the results in JSON format

AMOUNT:
 all: Print the entire JSON output
 important: Print the entire JSON output but omit all tests without errors, warnings and infos.
 short: Print only the result, errors, warnings and infos.

Help Options:
  -h, --help                      Show this help message