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 ====== How to automatically scan folders ======
-''Tutorial under development''
+This tutorial describes how to use DropIt to automatically scan defined folders at a time interval and process their content.
-''>> add some simple examples''\\
+DropIt can be considered as a //"Personal Assistant to automatically manage files"// and the reason is the "Folder Monitoring" feature, available from Options ("Monitoring" tab).
-''>> add http://dropitblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/how-to-automatically-scan-folders/''
+\\
+----
+===== Configure Monitoring =====
+To start to use this feature you only need to:
+  - select "''Enable scan of monitored folders''",
+  - define a scanning time interval (for example something like 50-60 seconds),
+  - define a minimum size (leave 0 to ignore this feature),
+  - select "''Show progress window for monitored folders''" (if you want it).
+{{ :mon1.png?direct&300 |}}
+Your folders will be scanned every N seconds (with N the defined time interval) and only if bigger than the defined minimum size.
+\\
+----
+===== Manage Monitored Folders =====
+Now, to add your first monitored folder, you only need to double-click the table or click the "Add" button. It will open the following window to define a new monitored folder:
+{{ :mon2.png?direct&300 |}}
+This very simple window allows to select the desired folder and to associate a profile to it. In this way, when the monitored folder is automatically scanned, DropIt uses the associations of that profile to process included files and folders.
+From "Monitoring" tab, you can select a monitored folder and click "Edit" to modify it or "Remove" to delete it from the list. You can also check or uncheck folders to enable/disable them.
+\\
+----
+===== Tips and Tricks =====
+  * If you want to add new monitored folders, a very fast way is to press "CTRL" key while you are dropping some folders on DropIt floating icon to directly add them.
+  * If you want to scan several monitored folders, it is recommended to increase also the scan time interval (for example to 120-180 seconds).
+  * If you want to ignore files during download/creation/editing, you can select "''Ignore files if their size is changed after loading''" from Options ("Main" tab). Note that it works only if the file size changes during its process.
+  * If you want to ignore subfolders of monitored folders, you can select "''Always process folders and not scan them''" from Options ("Main" tab) and add the following association as __the only one for folders__:
+{{ :mon3.png?direct&340 |}}

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