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Command Line Support

Forensic Email Collector (FEC) supports loading, starting, and resuming acquisition projects from the command line.

In order to load an existing FEC project from the command line, pass the project path as a command line argument as follows:

Terminal window
FEC.exe "<project path>.FECProj"

In order to start or resume an existing project, pass the project path followed by the “-start” argument as follows:

Terminal window
FEC.exe "<project path>.FECProj" -start

If the project had previously been started, this will cause FEC to resume the acquisition.

Run in Silent Mode without User Interaction

Section titled “Run in Silent Mode without User Interaction”

FEC can run in silent mode using the “-autoclose” command line argument. This can be used in combination with the “-start” switch to run multiple projects back to back:

Terminal window
FEC.exe "<project path>.FECProj" -start -autoclose