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
Status
Verifies the status for specified file(s) / folder(s) like existing, non-existing or exists in trash.Syntax:
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file=<account password> --items-status --files-from=<path of filelist file> <username>@<server address>::ibackup/
- --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> - --files-from=PATH_OF_FILE_LIST_FILE
Reads list of file(s) / folder(s) for which you wish to get the status. - 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" --items-status --files-from =filelist john@<server address>::ibackup/C/DATA/
- Code / Output management
- This section explains about the sample code execution and the output generated for file(s) / folder(s) status operation.
Content of filelist file:
/C/DATA/
/C/OLD/
Code:The following code will display status of file(s) / folder(s) specified in the filelist.The above-mentioned code can be executed using any programming language across any platform (Windows, Mac and Linux).
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file="MyPassword" --items-status --files-from =filelist john@<server address>::ibackup/C/DATA/
Output:Sample XML output:<item status="file exists" fname="/C/DATA/Features.xls"/>
<item status="file exists" fname="/C/DATA/Image.jpg"/>
<item status="No such file or directory" fname="/C/OLD/"/>
<item status="No such file or directory" fname="/C/OLD/new.txt"/>
<item status="file exists in trash" fname="/C/DATA/Editors choice.rtf"/>
<item status="file exists in trash" fname="/C/DATA/FreeHand reviewJR.rtf"/>Description:The following details are displayed while retrieving viewing status of file(s) / folder(s):- status
Status of the file(s) / folder(s) like exist or do not exist. -
fname
Name of the file path.
- status
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.