# Binaries

A specific plugin can be activated in order to scan binaries and archives in a project using the parameter \
\&#xNAN;**`--scan-binaries`**

When activated the scanner will find all (recognised) archives, will then detect all (recognised) binaries present in such archives listing them in the report

The archives format recognised are:

* .war 
* .ear
* .aar
* .deb
* .tar
* .tar.xz
* .tbz2
* .tar.bz2
* .tgz
* .zip

The binaries format recognised are:

* .jar (java archives) -> java
* .dll (dynamic link libraries) -> cpp
* .whl (python wheel files) -> python

#### **Specific controls**

Two specific controls are availalbe for this scanner:

* `binaries.archives.extensions`\
  controls the archive formats recognised (by default, all)
* binaries.scanners.extensions\
  controls the binaries format taken in consideration (by default, all)

So, for example, if you want to restritct to a "java" only binary scanning, you could use these flags:

`-flags:binaries.archives.extensions=war,,ear,binaries.scanners.extensions=jar`