Explorer

Explorer is a tool for editing and viewing file or directories on DataSpider filesystem

For more information about DataSpider file system, refer to "DataSpider File System".

Functions provided by Explorer

Explorer provides the following functions

Description of Functions

Name of functions	Description	Remarks
List files and directories	Lists files and directories.Listed when Explorer starts	Sorted by standard unicode character order.
Create new directory	Create a new directory.
Create new text file	Create a new text file.
Create new XML file	Create a new XML file.
Download file or directory to local file system	Download a directory or file of DataSpider filesystem to local filesystem.	With Studio for Web, if a directory is selected it is zip compressed before it is downloaded.
Upload directory/file	Upload a directory or file of local filesystem to DataSpider filesystem.	With Studio for Web, folder needs to be zip compressed before it is uploaded. With Studio for Web, zip archived folder will be uncompressed as it is uploaded to the target destination.
Lock files and directories	Sets a lock on the directory or file.	If only repository DB is used, a menu will be displayed.
Unlock files and directories	Unlocks the directory or file which are locked.	If only repository DB is used, a menu will be displayed.
Mount	Call the Mount settings from Explorer.
Properties of files and directories	View or edit basic information such as the location and the size of a file or a folder, as well as security related information such as the owner and access permission.
Edit files	Open the file in a text editor and edit the contents of the file.

List files and directories

By selecting [View]-[Details] in the menu, detailed information on a file or a directory is displayed. If you select [View]-[List] on the menu, only the file or the directory is displayed.

Description of items

Item name	Description	Remarks
Name	Name of directory or file
Lock	name of the user who owns the lock on file or directory
Size	size of a file	Size of directories are not shown
type	Type of file or directory	It is either File or Directory FILE: file DIRECTORY directory: Type of file system LOCAL:local file system LOCAL\|EXTENDED:Extended local file system For details regarding file system type, see Types of DataSpider filesystem.
Date modified	Last modified date of file or directory
Mode	File permissions	Three permission triads 1-3 triad:what the owner can do 4-6 triad: what the group members can do 7-9 triad:what other users can do Each triad r:readable w:writable x:executable -:none Example:rwxrw-r-- The owner of the file has full permissions; read, write, and execute. The uses in the same group has read and write permission. others are granted read permission

Create new directory

A new directory can be created from [File]-[New]-[Directory] menu action.

See Restrictions on character used in the names of files and directories for any restrictions on the usage of characters in their names

Create new text file

A new file can be created from [File]-[New]-[Text File] menu action.

See Restrictions on character used in the names of files and directories for any restrictions on the usage of characters in their names.

Create new XML file

A new XML file can be created from [File]-[New]-[XML File] menu action.

See Restrictions on character used in the names of files and directories for any restrictions on the usage of characters in their names.

Download file or directory to local file system

To download file or folder, use [File]-[Download to local] menu action.

Upload directory/file

To upload a file or a folder use [File]-[Upload from local] menu action.

Lock files and directories

To lock files and directories use [File]-[Lock] menu action.

When files and directories are locked, no one including administrator can modify the file.

If only repository DB exists, a menu will be displayed.
Unlock files and directories
To unlock files and directories use [File]-[Unlock] action.

Administrator can unlock all files and directories.
If only repository DB exists, a menu will be displayed.
Mount
To open mount settings, use [Tools]-[Mount Settings] menu action.
Refer to mount configuration for more information about Mount.
Properties of files and directories
To modify the meta data of files and directories use [File]-[Properties] action.
For user account management see User Management.
Description of items

Item name Description Remarks

Location File and directory path

Size size of file or directory

Date created The date created the file or directory.

Varies depending on file systems used by DataSpider

Database Filesystem: shown

Extended Local Filesystem/ Local Filesystem: not shown

Date modified The last modified date

Owner The owner of the file or the directory

Group The group to which the owner of the file or the directory belongs

Access permissions File permissions.

[Read]
File: Files can be referenced.
Directory: Entries of the directory can be referenced.

[Write]
File: Files can be written.
Directory: Files or directories within this directory can be created, renamed, and deleted.

[Execute]
File: Not used.
Directory: Permission to access the directory.

By default, access permissions granted to the user account is applied to the files and directories created.
See Access permissions for any details.

Edit files
To open an text editor, use [File]-[Open] menu action.
Notice on text editor

XML file with invalid XML declaration cannot be opened.

If the size of the file opened is 1MB or larger, the [View] cannot be changed to none of the [UTF-16], [UTF-16BE], or [UTF-16LE]

With Studio for Web, the [Edit] action does not have [Undo], [Redo], [Cut] ,[Copy] and [Paste] as its menu items, Ctrl+Z/Y/X/C/V keyboard shortcut can be used to perform these operations.

Specification limit

Restrictions on character used in the names of files and directories

Single-byte, double-byte alphanumeric characters and Japanese can be used.

Other characters which are not allowed to use in DataSpider system files can not be used.
For more information, please refer to "Restrictions on characters used in DataSpider File System".

In DataSpider filesystems, root (/) directory will be created under the mount point only.
The directory without Mount setting will be removed when you restart the server.
Besides, even if file is created under the root (/), it will also be deleted on rebooting the server.

If changing project folder name under /home/<username> projects, you can not see from my project.
If you want to renaming the project please do that by Designer or go to My Projects.

File size which can be viewed in file preview screen is up to 1MB. If file size exceeds 1MB, file will be shown from the beginning to 1MB part.If the file exceeds 1MB, 1MB file from the beginning of the minute display.

When selecting a directory in a tree pane, even if you select [Copy] or [Cut], you cannot paste the directory.
Instead you can select [Copy] or [Paste] from the right-click menu or use the shortcut key (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X).

If you select a folder and press the Enter key, a new explorer will come up.

Item name	Description	Remarks
Location	File and directory path
Size	size of file or directory
Date created	The date created the file or directory.	Varies depending on file systems used by DataSpider Database Filesystem: shown Extended Local Filesystem/ Local Filesystem: not shown
Date modified	The last modified date
Owner	The owner of the file or the directory
Group	The group to which the owner of the file or the directory belongs
Access permissions	File permissions. [Read] File: Files can be referenced. Directory: Entries of the directory can be referenced. [Write] File: Files can be written. Directory: Files or directories within this directory can be created, renamed, and deleted. [Execute] File: Not used. Directory: Permission to access the directory.	By default, access permissions granted to the user account is applied to the files and directories created. See Access permissions for any details.