Related links
Command line utility APIs
- Account configuration
- Get Server address
- Validate Account
- Upload
- Download
- Timeline download
- Search
- Version details
- Properties
- Status
- Create directory
- Copy and paste
- Delete
- Trash
- Rename
- Listing
- Events
- Display Quota
- Regulate bandwidth usage
- Pause / Resume upload operation
- Know the size of a particular folder / drive / volume
- Verify upload / download rate of transfer
Developer Resources
Know the size of a particular folder / drive / volume
Know the size of folders / volume / drive on your IDrive account by using the GetSize API.Syntax:
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file=<account password> --get-size <username>@<server address>::ibackup/<Folder path name>/
- --password-file=PATH_OF_PSWD_FILE
Reads account password from the specified file. Alternately, you can directly set the password using --password-file=<account password> - Username
IDrive username. If you do not have a valid username Sign up with IDrive. - Server address
Use GetServerAddress API to retrieve the IDrive server address.
Code:
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file="MyPassword" --get-size john@<server address>::ibackup/C/Images/
Output:
Sample XML output:
<item folder_size="86437 Bytes"/>
<item files_count="3"/>
<item files_count="3"/>
Description:
The following details are displayed during get folder size operation:
-
folder_size
Size of the folder in bytes. - files_count
This attribute displays the total number of files that are available within a folder.
You can make use of I / O redirection methods for redirecting IDrive EVS command line utility (idevsutil) output.
Refer code repository for more details on usage / implementation.