Re: Path validation Software Inventory Client Agent

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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:16:00 -0700

The sinv agent does not flag it as an error if the path does not exist.

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"Francisco Diaz" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi guys, hope somebody can help me with this...and sorry if my English is 
> not good enough!!! :-)
>
> When I define a new File Type to Inventory in the Software Inventory 
> Client Agent, I can specify the path where I want to search for files, but 
> I have noticed that if I set a non-existing path (of course in the client 
> side) in the Path Location field, SMS does not take care about this; I 
> also have checked the client log files (fsinvprovider.log, 
> inventoryagent.log) where I can confirm that the Agent receive the action 
> to scan that non-existing forder, but no error is generated, just a 
> message similar to this in the fsinvprovider.log is recorded:
>
> ........
> Scanning input path C:\non\existing\folderFile scan done; 0 instances 
> reported.
> FileSystemFile query finished with no errors; setting status to complete 
> with HRESULT = 0.
> ........
>
> Can I conclude that the Software Inventory Client Agent, just ignore any 
> error if I specify a non-existing directory? in other words, means that I 
> will not have any indication that the specified path does not exist in the 
> client. Can this cause any problem in the Client? BTW, I am using Advanced 
> Clients only.
>
> If anyone have tried this before or you can point me to a knowlegde base 
> article, SMS documentation, etc. I will appreciate your help and support.
>
> Francisco Diaz.
>
> 

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