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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="scan-remote" xml:lang="en-GB">
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<revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-19" status="stub"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-02-20" status="review"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#scan" group="#last"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email its:translate="no">yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Scan a folder remotely from your computer.</desc>
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<title>Scan a remote folder</title>
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<p><app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> can scan storage devices which are
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accessible remotely. To scan the whole file system or any specific folder
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui>
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<gui>Scan Remote Folder…</gui></guiseq> from the menu</p>
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<p>Choose the protocol that you wish to use</p>
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<!-- <p>Choose one of following protocols, depends of what you want to do:</p>
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<title><link xref="ssh">SSH</link></title>
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<p>Secure Shell offers you a secure connection because you need to
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login with a username and password.</p>
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<title><link xref="ftp">FTP (with login)</link></title>
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<p>File Transfer Protocol with login is reliable because a user
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account is required.</p>
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<title><link xref="windows-share">Windows Share</link></title>
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<p>Scan between Windows and Linux machines.</p>
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<title><link xref="web-dav">WebDAV (HTTP)</link></title>
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<p>Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning methods of
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP scan folders that are stored on
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World Wide Web servers.</p>
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<title><link xref="web-dav">Secure WebDAV (HTTPS)</link></title>
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<p>Secure WebDAV,ensures encryption while you are transfering
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<cite date="2011-12-28" href="mailto:mdhillca@gmail.com">Michael Hill</cite>
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<p>Custom Location needs a better explanation.</p>
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<title><link xref="custom-location">Custom Location</link></title>
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<p>Custom Location enables you to access a particular function from
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the folder manager.</p>
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<p>Enter in the IP address of the remote storage device into the
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<gui>Server</gui> field or the URI, depending on the protocol that you
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<!-- <p>If you are not so sure about the information you have to write into
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<gui>Port</gui> and <gui>Folder</gui>, left in blank.</p>-->
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<p>Click <gui>Scan</gui> to continue; you may be asked for more details,
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like a password and username, before the scan will commence.</p>
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<p>Scanning over the network may be slower than scanning a local file
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<p>Right-click on any folder and select <gui>Open Folder</gui> to launch
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the <app>Files</app> application, or <gui>Move to Trash</gui> to move your
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folder to <file>Trash</file>.</p>