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Create a DAT update task

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Create a DAT update task from the command-line.

  1. Log on to the system as a user with administrator rights.

  2. Navigate to the default or custom directory. For example:

    cd /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin

  3. Create a DAT update task.

    ./mfetpcli --addupdatetask --name <task_name> --updatetype --<type_of_update>

  4. View the tasks list to confirm that the DAT update task is created.

    ./mfetpcli --listtasks

Example: Create a DAT update task

./mfetpcli --addupdate task --name datupdate --updatetype dat

When you run the command from the /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin directory, the software creates a DAT update task.