Summary:

The code in this repository scans network drives and extracts data from those scans for analysis -- especially image data.

Not all folders or files here are organized. They are here for development purposes. The latest iteration of our scanning efforts is in the "C++ Scanning" folder.

C++ Scanning Documentation

The C++ scanner is a single file, file_curser.cpp. It must be compiled into a .exe file to use it. It takes arguments of a folder path to search and a file name to store the output. The output is in CSV format, so use of .csv file extension is recommended.

Instructions

These instructions cover downloading the .cpp file, obtaining a C++ compiler, adding the C++ compiler to the system PATH, compiling the .cpp code, and running the program.

Downloading the file

• Navigate to the "C++ Scanning" folder and click on the file_curser.cpp. Click the download icon on the top right of the file.
• Place it in a known folder to locate later and to handle output files.

Obtaining a compiler

• Download the MSYS2 installer from https://www.msys2.org/
• Run the installer
• In the "Installation Folder" section, choose a folder in your user directory, example: "C:\Users\b5abcdef\Programs\msys64" (you may have to create some of these folders).
• Finish MSYS2 installation and open MSYS2
• Change drives to the C: drive with cd C:
• update the MSYS2 environment with pacman -Syu
• Install gcc with pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

Adding Compiler to PATH

• In the Windows search bar, type "path"
• Select the option that says "Edit environment variables for your account"
• Under "user variables", select the "Path" variable and click "Edit"
• Enter the path of the compiler we installed. It should be at the path where msys2 is installed, and then in /mingw64/bin. Example: "C:\Users\b5abcdef\Programs\msys64\mingw64\bin"
• Click "ok" and "ok"
• Verify correct path addition by opening a command line and running gcc --version.
• If details about the compiler are generated, your C++ compiler is now accessible from anywhere on the machine

Compiling the .cpp File

• Open a command line and navigate to the directory where the file_curser.cpp file is stored.
• run gcc file_curser.cpp -o file_curser.exe
• You now have file_curser.exe and can run the program

Running the program

The program takes two arguments: a root folder path to search, and an output file name. This is an example command: ./file_curser.exe "\\mvr-netapp1\egis" EGISoutput.csv

This uses file_cursor.exe to traverse the mvr-netapp1\egis drive and stores the output in EGISoutput.csv.