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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
Properties
Display properties of file / folder on your IDrive account using Properties API.Syntax:
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file=<account password> --properties <username>@<server address>::ibackup/<file/folder path name for which you wish to see properties>
- --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.
- 1. File Properties
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Code:The following code will display properties of “Inventory.ldb” file:The above-mentioned code can be executed using any programming language across any platform (Windows, Mac and Linux).
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file="MyPassword" --properties john@<server address>::ibackup/C/Inventory.ldb
Output:Sample XML output:<item create_time="2011/07/18 16:00:44"/>
<item access_time="2011/07/18 16:00:44"/>
<item mod_time="2010/09/09 15:03:54"/>
<item size="35127 bytes"/>
Description:The following details are displayed while retrieving properties:- create_time
File created time - access_time
File accessed time - mod_time
File modified time - size
Size of the file
- create_time
- 2. Folder Properties
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Code:The following code will display properties of "C/DATA/" folderThe above-mentioned code can be executed using any programming language across any platform (Windows, Mac and Linux).
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file="MyPassword" --properties john@<server address>::ibackup/C/DATA/
Output:Sample XML output:<item create_time="2011/07/18 16:00:44"/>
<item files_count="3"/>
<item size="86437 bytes"/>Description:The following details are displayed while retrieving properties:- create_time
Folder created time - files_count
No of files inside folder - size
Size of the folder
- create_time
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.