Can I use Unix and Windows filesystem paths for crawling?

Yes, either Windows or Unix file systems paths can be used based on the installed platform. The file system crawler will index all sub-directories unless you specify sub-directory paths in the Disallow Path to avoid indexing that sub-directory.

Examples :

Directory Path and Allow Paths can be provided as follows:

Unix
/web/html/search/content/

Windows
c:\webroot\html\search\content\

Disallow Paths can be provided as follows:

Unix

/do not index/

Windows

C:\\path1\\html2\\.*

To learn more on File collection read: File Collection in SearchBlox