Volume Browser Reference

This document describes the AppLogic Volume Browser interface. The Volume Browser provides a visual interface for viewing and manipulating AppLogic volume contents. The user interface of the Volume Browser is accessible through the AppLogic GUI.

Overview

This is the main screen of the Volume Browser. It provides drag and drop functionality for moving and copying files and directories.

The directory tree represents the directory structure of the volume, while the file list shows the contents of the selected directory. Symbolic links are resolved as follows:

• A link whose target is relatively defined (i.e.,   ../example) is shown in the directory tree if the target resolves onto the volume; otherwise it is shown in the file list as an orphaned link.

• A link whose target is absolutely defined (i.e.,   /mnt/content/example) is shown in the directory tree if the target resolves onto the volume using the volume basepath; otherwise it is shown in the file list as an orphaned link. The volume base path indicates the path to the volume when it is in use within an appliance (where the volume is mounted within the appliance). For example, if the volume is normally mounted as /mnt/content/ within the appliance, then setting the volume basepath to /mnt/content/ allows the Volume Browser to resolve absolute links which target /mnt/content/. The volume basepath can be set using the toolbar button .

Toolbar

The Volume Browser toolbar contains these buttons:

Button	Function
	Re-load/Refresh the file list.
	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.
	Create a new file, directory or symbolic link.
	Edit the currently selected file.
	Delete the currently selected files or directories.
	Rename the currently selected file or directory.
	Chmod (change read, write and execute permissions) on the currently selected files or directories.
	Chown/chgrp (change owner or group) on the currently selected files or directories.
	View the currently selected file.
	Download the currently selected file.
	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 There is a 10MB file size limit for uploads. In order 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.
	Archive the currently selected files. The archive can be .zip, .tar, .tar.gz or .tar.bz2.
	Extract the currently selected archive file into the currently selected directory.
	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 normally 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/.
	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.

-- Main.StephenQ - 29 Jan 2008