International Business Machines Corporation
Software discovery with variable scan frequency

Abstract:

A file discovery method, comprising receiving file discovery data comprising, for each of a plurality of files, discovery information and signature data, the discovery information for a first file of the plurality of files being indicative of at least one directory to be scanned for another of the plurality of files relative to a first directory, scanning, in a first scanning operation, a file system for the first file, and scanning, in a second scanning operation subsequent to the first scanning operation, the at least one directory for a second file matching signature data comprised by the file discovery data using a path to the first file as the first directory.