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+This tool will lookup files on the Galaxy server machine, including mounted directories.
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+The user aspects of the tool are explained in the help section of data_reader.xml
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+Only directories that are included in the white list and not in the black list are allowed.
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+The white and black lists can be changed without the requirement to restart the server as these are read from the tools install directory each time the tool is run.
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+The white list is tool-data/white-list.ini
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+Any directory that starts with any entry from this file will be considered to have passed.
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+The default file includes a single / so all absolute paths will pass.
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+The black list is tool-data/black-list.ini
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+Any directory that contains any of the blacklisted strings anywhere in the path are excluded.
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+The default file excludes most of the standard linux systems directories where data is unlikely to be found.
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+It also excludes the /galaxy/ pattern to avoid users getting access to galaxy files.
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+Also .. and ~ are excluded for security reasons.
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