What to scan switches
Pat Little
Version: --Other--
As configured by the installation process, scheduler runs a scan that
has /L in the "what to scan" box. The help does not indicate what
this means. Can you give me a list of all the valid expressions to
use in this box and what they mean? Thanx.
Steve Topilnycky <S.S.V.>
Here they are.. They should also be listed in the users guide.
NAVW32 [pathname] [options]
pathname Any valid drive, folder, or file, or combination. if you want to
scan a combination
if items, use a space to separate the items. You can use wildcards when
specifying
pathnames for a group of files.
/A Scan All drives or all Local drives. A: and B: are skipped. Network
drives are
scanned if the Allow Network Scanning options is selected in the Scanner
Advanced Settings dialog box.
/L Scan All drives or all Local drives. A: and B: are skipped.
/S[+|-] All subfolders of any folders specified in the pathname
are also scanned.
/M[+|-] Enables or disables scanning of memory.
/MEM Only scan memory.
/B[+|-] Enables or disables scanning of boot records.
/BOOT Scan the boot sectors ONLY of all specified drives.
Regards,
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