Windows Share list files
Share: The name of the Windows Share connection in tenant settings
Recursive scan: If selected, sub directories will be scanned as well.
Sub directory: Relative path to the scan directory in the share.
Result
When running the scan, the file list is returned as an XML with the information about the files:
The XML will have the structure of:
<files>
<file>
<name>THE_FILENAME.EXT</name>
<path>/FOLDER</path>
<absolutePath>/FOLDER/THE_FILENAME.EXT</absolutePath>
<UNCPath>\\SHARENAME\SHAREDIR\FOLDER\THE_FILENAME.EXT</UNCPath
<uri>smbFile:/SHARENAME/FOLDER/THE_FILENAME.EXT</uri>
<modified>2024-11-18T15:36:18</modified>
</file>
<file>…………….
</files>
Where the XML nodes are:
name: The filename without path
path: The relative path without the filename
absolutePath: The relative path including the filename
UNCPath: The path that would be entered in a Windows file explorer
uri: The URI using the smbFile protocol (which can be used in URLS inside InterFormNG2)
modified: The timestamp for when the file last was modified.
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