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Volume Browser Toolbar

The Volume Browser toolbar contains the following buttons:

Button

Function

Reload Button

Re-load/Refresh the file list.

Volume Search Button

Search the contents of the root directory. If include subdirectories is selected, the search includes the entire volume. Symbolic links are not followed during search.

Button to create a new file, directory, or symbolic link

Create a new file, directory or symbolic link

Button for editing the currently selected file.

Edit the currently selected file.

Button to delete the currently selected files or directories.

Delete the currently selected files or directories.

Button to rename the currently selected file or directory.

Rename the currently selected file or directory.

Button to change read, write and execute permissions on the currently selected files or directories.

Chmod (change read, write and execute permissions) on the currently selected files or directories.

Button to change owner or group on the currently selected files or directories.

Chown/chgrp (change owner or group) on the currently selected files or directories.

Button to view the currently selected file.

View the currently selected file.

Button to download the currently selected file.

Download the currently selected file.

Button to upload files to the currently selected directory.

Upload files to the currently selected directory. Files can be selected from the local machine. Files can also be transferred from a remote server. Below are example URL's for transferring files from a remote server:
http://example.com/file.txt
ftp://example.com/pub/file.txt
ftp://user:password@example.com/pub/file.txt
ftps://example.com/pub/file.txt
ftps://user:password@example.com/pub/file.txt

Note: There is a 10MB file size limit for uploads. To upload larger files, execute the vol manage command from the shell, configure the external IP settings, and transfer the files by executing the appropriate command from within the filer shell.

Button to archive the currently selected files.

Archive the currently selected files. The archive can be .zip, .tar, .tar.gz or .tar.bz2.

Button to extract the currently selected archive file into the currently selected directory.

Extract the currently selected archive file into the currently selected directory.

Button to edit the volume basepath for the volume.

Edit the volume basepath for the volume. The volume base path indicates the path to volume when it is mounted in an appliance. For example, if the volume is typically mounted as /mnt/content/ in an appliance, then setting the volume basepath to /mnt/content/ allows the Volume Browser to resolve absolute links which target /mnt/content/.

Button to display the online help.

Help (a link to this document).

Show Directories

Show sub-directories in the file list.

Filter

Filter the file display to show only those items whose names begin with characters matching the user-supplied filter. The filter string must be at least two characters to change the file list. Setting the filter to the empty string causes filtering to be turned off.