<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="scan-remote">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#scan"/>
    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-19" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-02-20" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-07-20" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="40" date="2021-07-13" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Julita Inca</name>
      <email its:translate="no">[email protected]</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">[email protected]</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">[email protected]</email>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <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>If you have scanned the remote file system before, select it under
      <gui>Remote Locations</gui> in the list of <gui>Devices &amp;
      Locations</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>If you have connected to the remote file system before but not scanned
      it, select the remote file system from the list.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>If you have not connected to the remote file system before, enter the
      URL into the <gui>Enter server address…</gui> field under <gui>Connect to
      Server</gui>. It will normally have a protocol, followed by a colon and
      two slashes, that looks different depending on the <link
      xref="help:gnome-help/nautilus-connect#types">protocol</link> that you
      are using.</p>
      <p>Click <gui>Connect</gui> to continue; you may be asked for more
      details, like a password and username, before the scan will commence.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select a folder if you do not want to scan the complete file system.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Open</gui> to continue.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

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

</page>