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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Monika Grabska, Cracow, PL;

Piotr Kania, Cracow, PL;

Slawomir T. Mezyk, Marcinkowice, PL;

Michal S. Paluch, Cracow, PL;

Grzegorz Poniewozik, Rzeszow, PL;

Tomasz L. Prudzic, Ul. Radzikowskiego, PL;

Pawel Slowikowski, Cracow, PL;

Patryk M. Walawender, Cracow, PL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/70 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/70 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exclusion database is maintained for software discovery scans where directories within a file system are excluded according to discovered software artifacts, scan time parameters, and pre-defined exclusion definitions associated with software applications. A file system tree having directory-specific attributes for causing software discovery scans to limit scanning within the file system.


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