Rule files

A rule file is a set of rules that are saved to a file, which you use as input to run a software analysis from the command line.

Developers can share a rule file to ensure that a standard set of rules is run on all the source code components for an application. Use the export and import features to share rule files.

You can create a rule file only from the UI; you cannot create a rule file by using an analysis command-line parameter. On the Rules tab, select a set of rules, and then save and export them to a rule file, which by default has .dat as the file name extension.

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