Files Used By DEI Software

This is a list of file names used by various DEI applications, including the applications themselves.  It is intended to assist users and administrators who may be asking "what is this file and what does it do?"

General

These files are used by many different DEI applications.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\dei\mtp

Registry key for encrypted MTP/IP license codes on Windows.

%APPDATA%\DEI\dei-mtp.dat

File for encrypted MTP/IP license codes on Windows.

/etc/dei-mtp

System file for encrypted MTP/IP license codes on non-Windows systems.

$HOME/.dei-mtp

Individual user file for encrypted MTP/IP license codes on non-Windows systems.

ExpeDat & SyncDat Server

These files are used by servedat, the server component of ExpeDat and SyncDat.  Not listed are files contained only within the installation package.

mkpasswd.exe

Password hashing utility executable.

mtping.exe

Monitoring and diagnostic utility executable.

servedat.exe

Server executable.

servedat.cf

Server configuration file.

servedat.log

Server transaction and diagnostic log file.

servedat.rc

Startup script for most unix systems.

svpasswd.txt

This is the recommended name for the server's private authentication file.

status.php

The server dashboard.

*-sv.tmp

Temporary file containing data for an upload in progress.

*-sv.met

Meta data describing an incomplete upload.

ExpeDat Web Integration

These files are used by web servers for integration with ExpeDat.

expedat.php

The web-based file browser for ExpeDat servers.

explink.php

The landing page for ExpeDat HTTP links.

EXP.js

Javascript API for creating and launching ExpeDat URLs.

EXP.html

Example HTML form showing how to use the Javascript API.

ExpeDat Clients

These files are used by ExpeDat Desktop, DropDat, and movedat, the client components of ExpeDat.  Not listed are files contained only within the installation package.

DropDat.exe
DropDat.app

The drag-and-drop droplet generator and configuration utility.  Note that droplets are commonly renamed to be descriptive of their configuration.

movedat
movedat.exe

The command line client executable.

ExpeDat Desktop.exe
ExpeDat Desktop.app

The graphical client executable.
The ExpeDat graphical client was named "MTPexpedat" prior to ExpeDat 1.17F.

com.dataexpedition.ExpeDat-Desktop.plist

Saved settings for macOS ExpeDat Desktop.

com.dataexpedition.DropDat.plist

Saved license code for macOS ExpeDat Desktop.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\dei\MTPexpedat

Registry key for saved settings of Windows ExpeDat Desktop.

movedat.cf

Command line client configuration file.

.dei-pwcache2
dei-pwcache2.dat

Encrypted password cache for the command line client.

.movedat-pingcache
movedat-pingcache

Cache of server availability when using Host Groups.

*.CHK

Temporary checkpoint file which allows Windows clients to resume interrupted downloads.

*.TMP

Temporary data file for client downloads.

SyncDat Client

These files are used by syncdat, the client component of SyncDat.  Not listed are files contained only within the installation package.

syncdat.exe

The command line client executable.

syncdat.cf

Command line client configuration file.

.dei-pwcache2
dei-pwcache2.dat

Encrypted password cache for the command line client.  Note that this is shared with the ExpeDat client, movedat.

.syncdat

Synchronization status file recording the state of the last scan occurring in the enclosing folder.

MTP Tunnel

These files are used by MTP Tunnel, which allows legacy TCP applications to be accelerated using MTP/IP.

tclient.exe

The client executable.

tserve.exe

The server executable.