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SPAudit
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to use the SPAudit diskette
Files on the SPAudit diskette
Network Considerations
Really NEEED help?
Introduction:
SPAudit is an MS/PC-DOS application that collects software census
information. The program must be executed from the A: dirve. By
default, it observes and records software information from your C: and
D: drives. As you run SPAudit, you can specify other drives to be
included or excluded from observation.
Each SPAudit diskette should hold information for about 50 or more
computers. If you are auditing more than that, you should make
copies using the DOS COPY command. If you wish to consolidate
information from several SPAudit diskettes, this can be accomplished
using standard DOS commands. Check your DOS reference manual for
specific instructions.
How to use the SPAudit diskette:
Instructions:
1) Insert a SPAudit diskette in drive A
2) Type A:SPAudit [enter]
3) Highlight Collect Information [enter]
4) Highlight Quit [enter]
5) Remove SPAudit diskette
(Optional Actions)
1) Review content of README file on SPAudit diskette
A) To display on screen, type TYPE A:README | MORE
B) To display on printer, type COPY A:README PRN
2) Review content of PIF.TXT file on SPAudit diskette
A) To display on screen, type TYPE A:PIF.TXT
B) To display on printer, type COPY A:PIF.TXT PRN
CAUTION: This file has over 1,000 lines!
3) Alter default drives to be observed
Type A:SPAudit [action][drive letter]
[action] indicates action to take: "+" means
include, and "-" means exclude from observation.
[drive letter] indicates the drive to be acted upon.
Example:
A:SPAudit -C -D +F
This command will cause SPAudit to ignore the
contents of the default drives C: and D: and
look only at the contents of the F: drive.
4) Modify the User Product List
A) Highlight Maintain User Product List [enter]
B) Type file names for user specified program/product
C) [Esc] when complete
5) Print Report
Highlight Print Report [enter]
Files on the SPAudit diskette:
SPAudit.EXE
This file is the executable SPAudit program.
PIF.TXT
This file is a comma delimited ASCII text file that
contains information provided to the SPA by member
firms. Each record consists of three fields. First
an 11 character product identifier. Second is the
popular name of the product. Third is the name of
the publisher.
This file is purposely marked as READ ONLY. It should
be left that way. Alteration of this file can cause
unpredictable results.
USER.TXT
This file is the optional User Product List. It contains
information collected by the Maintain User Product List
function of the SPAudit program. The Maintain User
Product List function may only be used prior to the
use of the Collect Information function of the program.
If this file is marked READ ONLY, the Maintain User
Product List function is disabled.
The User Product List cannot be modified after a PIF.FIL
has been created (that indicates that a machine has been
processed).
PIF.FIL
This file is a comma delimited ASCII text file that
contains information collected with every execution of
the Collect Information function of the SPAudit
program. The file is organized to be easy to import
into a spreadsheet or data base for consolidation and
analysis.
The file can be perceived as a spreadsheet. Each line
(row, or text record) represents one product that was
located on one machine.
The first field (column) contains the Machine ID that
was entered as the first step in the Collect Information
function of the program. The second field (column)
contains the FileSpec of the Product. The third field
(column) contains the count of the number of matching
FileSpec entries located on the indicated Machine ID.
The fourth field (column) contains the Product Name,
and the fifth field (column) contains the Publisher
Name. There will be no entries for Products that
were not located.
Example:
"DAVE","IBMDOS.COM",1,"IBM DOS","IBM Corporation"
"DAVE","123.EXE",2,"Lotus 1-2-3","Lotus Development"
"PETE","IBMDOS.COM",1,"IBM DOS","IBM Corporation"
Dave's machine has 1 copy of DOS, and 2 copies of
1-2-3 from Lotus Development. Pete's machine
has 1 copy of DOS.
Network Considerations:
To take a software census of the content of a file server,
either:
1. If the file server is of the type that will allow
DOS programs to be run against the C: (and D:)
drives, simply treat the server as any other
PC to be inventoried. Or,
2. If the file server is of the type that will not
allow DOS programs to be run, then you must run
SPAudit from a remote node, as if it were being
run locally (on the server itself). Choose the
drive letter that represents the root of the
server's C: drive, and direct SPAudit to search
that drive and not the C: or D: drive. Example:
SPAudit -C -D +R
if the R: drive represents the root of the C:
drive on the server.
See "Optional Actions 3)" above.
Really NEED help?
If you have read the preceding, if you have faithfully followed
the instructions and are still unsuccessful in making use of
the program, or if you have procedural questions about conducting
an internal software audit in your organization, contact:
Software Audit Support
Software Publishers Association
1101 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Suite 901
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 452-1600
Fax: (202) 223-8756