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  <info>
    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-19" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-02-20" status="review"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#scan" group="#last"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Julita Inca</name>
      <email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Scan a folder remotely from your computer.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Scan a remote folder</title>

  <p><app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> can scan storage devices which are
  accessible remotely. To scan the whole file system or any specific folder
  remotely:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui>
      <gui>Scan Remote Folder…</gui></guiseq> from the menu</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Choose the protocol that you wish to use</p>
<!--      <p>Choose one of following protocols, depends of what you want to do:</p>
      <terms>
        <item>
          <title><link xref="ssh">SSH</link></title>
	  <p>Secure Shell offers you a secure connection because you need to
	  login with a username and password.</p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <title><link xref="ftp">FTP (with login)</link></title>
	  <p>File Transfer Protocol with login is reliable because a user
	  account is required.</p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <title><link xref="windows-share">Windows Share</link></title>
          <p>Scan between Windows and Linux machines.</p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <title><link xref="web-dav">WebDAV (HTTP)</link></title>
	  <p>Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning methods of
	  Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP scan folders that are stored on
	  World Wide Web servers.</p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <title><link xref="web-dav">Secure WebDAV (HTTPS)</link></title>
	  <p>Secure WebDAV,ensures encryption while you are transfering
	  data.</p>
        </item>

  <comment>
    <cite date="2011-12-28" href="mailto:mdhillca@gmail.com">Michael Hill</cite>
    <p>Custom Location needs a better explanation.</p>
  </comment>
        <item>
          <title><link xref="custom-location">Custom Location</link></title>
	  <p>Custom Location enables you to access a particular function from
	  the folder manager.</p>
        </item>
      </terms>-->
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Enter in the IP address of the remote storage device into the
      <gui>Server</gui> field or the URI, depending on the protocol that you
      are using.</p>
<!--      <p>If you are not so sure about the information you have to write into
      <gui>Port</gui> and <gui>Folder</gui>, left in blank.</p>-->
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Scan</gui> to continue; you may be asked for more details,
      like a password and username, before the scan will commence.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note>
    <p>Scanning over the network may be slower than scanning a local file
    system.</p>
  </note>

  <note>
    <p>Right-click on any folder and select <gui>Open Folder</gui> to launch the
    <app>Files</app> application, or <gui>Move to Trash</gui> to move your
    folder to <file>Trash</file>.</p>
  </note>

</page>
