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Read Me for SPAudit 2.8
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to use the SPAudit diskette
Files on the SPAudit diskette
Network Considerations
SPAudit on CompuServe
Really NEED help?
Introduction:
SPAudit is an MS/PC-DOS application that collects
software census information. The program must be
executed from the A: or B: drive. 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 additional 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 or the SPAudit
documentation on how to do this. You can also combine
information from several SPAudit diskettes by reviewing
the SPAudit manual included in the SPAudit package.
Instructions on using SPAudit:
1) Insert the SPAudit diskette in drive A and get
to the A prompt. This is usually accomplished by
typing "A:" at the DOS prompt.
2) Type SPAudit [enter]
3) Highlight Collect Information [enter].SPAudit
will now ask you to identify the computer which you
are auditing. You can enter up to 40 characters.
Please note, DO NOT USE commas, periods, underscores, or
any other punctuation as separators as doing so will
seriously corrupt the data results. For example, do
not type in Last Name, First Name (note the comma).
4) Highlight Quit [enter]. Repeat steps 1-3 to
audit all the PC's in your company.
5) Remove the SPAudit diskette.
(Optional Actions)
1) Review content of README file on SPAudit diskette
A) To display on screen, type
A:README:MORE(You may wish to import this file
into your word processing program)
B) To display on printer, type 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 TYPE A:PIF.TXT
>PRN CAUTION: This file has over 800
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 (Please note the space after
SPAudit before the "-" sign.
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 name, publisher and name of product for user
specified program/product) [Esc] when complete
5) Print Options
Highlight Print Options [enter] You now
have four options on where to print:
A) Summary: This will be a cumulative report
B) Detail by Machine ID: This provides an
accounting of the software by each PC.
C) Both Summary and Detail: This report
combines options A & B together.
D) This machine only: This option should be
used if the auditor would like to have the
results of the PC just audited.
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. We
always strive to keep the database as up to date as
possible. We periodically request certain information
from our members to provide information for this product
- some provide it quickly, others take time. If you are
aware of products that are not contained in this file, we
ask that you provide the following information so that we
can get this information into the next version:
Name of Product and version number
Publisher of Product
Main file name of product (I.E. Wp.Exe)
File size of the corresponding file name given above.
This file is purposely marked as READ ONLY. It should be
left that way. Alteration of this file can cause
unpredictable results.
README
This is the file that you are currently reading.
THE FOLLOWING ARE FILES THAT ARE EITHER CREATED ONCE
SPAUDIT IS USED TO DO THE AUDIT, OR A VERSION OF SPAUDIT
WHERE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION IS ALSO PROVIDED ON THE
AUDIT DISK. IF SO, THIS FILE IS NAMED DOC.TXT.
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 easily imported 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 Corp"
DAVE","123.EXE",2,"Lotus 1-2-3","Lotus"
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, consider the following choices:
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 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. You can audit up to two drives at once.
Please note that SPAudit is not designed to be run from a
network drive to scan all PC's attached to it. We are
considering adding this as a feature to the next version
of SPAudit. While many companies have succeeded in
creating batch files to have the SPAudit results be
written to a file server (in lieu of the SPAudit
diskette), the SPA does not recommend that this be done
because unpredictable results may occur. As this is not
an officially sanctioned process, SPA does not offer any
other companies batch files for use.
See "Optional Actions 3)" above.
SPAudit on CompuServe:
SPAudit is available free of charge on CompuServe. We
routinely update the Pif.Txt file to keep it as up to
date as possible. You may find it necessary to download
the most current version to make your audit as accurate
as possible. Once within CompuServe, type "go SPAforum".
SPAudit is contained in library three If you would like
to leave messages for SPAudit on CompuServe, please
direct them to 76004,3111.
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
1730 M Street Northwest
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 452-1600
Fax: (202) 223-8756
We again ask your help in updating this program to the
extent possible. If you are aware of programs not being
identified, we would ask you let us know what programs
they are. Please also see the section above on the files
contained in SPAudit for further explanation.