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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#settings" />
    <credit type="author">
        <name>Dave M</name>
        <email>dave.nerd @ gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
  </info>
  <title>Recursive scanning</title>

<p>You may wish to set specific preferences for <app>ClamTk</app> usage.  To do so, click the <gui>Settings</gui> button or click
<keyseq><key>ctrl-S</key></keyseq> to begin.</p>

<p>Recursive scanning in this context means <app>ClamTk</app> will scan all files and directories within a directory you have selected.</p>

<p>Note that while this option may be useful, the scan time will increase based on how many files and directories are contained within the folder you selected.</p>

<p>To enable this, select the option as indicated below.</p>

<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/clamtk-recursive.png" />

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