Moving files between shares

jtoeman wrote:
I'd like to echo some frustration here. Why isn't there a simple web-based tool to move/copy files around the ReadyNAS shares/folders?? Expecting users to mount shares or go into a Linux shell just to accomplish this incredibly simple task is very surprising.

I agree completely, it is suprising. Although I did enjoy learning linux commands.

jtoeman wrote:
I'd like to echo some frustration here. Why isn't there a simple web-based tool to move/copy files around the ReadyNAS shares/folders?? Expecting users to mount shares or go into a Linux shell just to accomplish this incredibly simple task is very surprising.

I'm with you all the way. Having to define backup jobs and run them seems sort of overkill. And having to delve into Linux commands, well... I guess I'll have to learn sooner or later anyway, but rather later than sooner, and a more user-friendly approach would certainly be appreciated.

Is there no Windows app that can help with this (without going thru the computer, of course)?

Here's what I did to copy from an external USB HD to my Duo, maybe these instructions will help someone:
1. Attach the USB HD (of course :-)
2. Start FrontView by clicking Setup in RAIDar
2. Under Volumes > USB Storage you should see your USB HD with a name like USB_HDD_1 (you can change this if don't like it)
3. Under Backup > Add New Backup Job you define which dir from the USB HD (Step 1: source) to copy to which dir on the Duo (Step 2: destination); the devices are found in the drop-down lists, the dirs you have to enter manually.
4. Never mind the backup schedule, we're gonna run this job immediately (and then remove it)
5. Click the Apply button to add the job.
6. Go to Backup > Backup Jobs and click the Go button, this will start the job, you should see the status change to Starting and then to In Progress. You will also get a popup saying job strated this-and-that time.
7. Now the Duo is doing its work on its own, not going via the computer.
8. After the job is done, remove the backup job (unless of course, you want this to occur regulalrly)

If there are more efficient/easier ways to do this, please fill me in.

Does anyone know the best way to copy certain files from a nest of directories into another directory on the same share with little effort and time?

I have /Archive/CD1/File.jpg File.tif and so on for hundreds of directories within /Archive/

I want to copy them into /Archive/New Directory/ as individual files.

Any ideas?

Ta

If using Windows, open a search from the archive directory and search for *.jpg *.jpeg *.tif *.tiff

Once the search has completed, cut all the files then paste them where required.

If you have enabled ssh as root to the NAS you can use a find command to move the files. Since you want the final destination in the same directory that we will be searching we will for simplicity have a temporary directory to move the files to outside of the directory being searched. In your example you want all of the the jpg, jpeg, tif and tiff files found under the "/Archive" directory moved to the directory "/Archive/NewDirectory". Since this is on a ReadyNAS I will assume that the "/Archive" directory is under a share named backup. To avoid having to actually having to copy the contents of the files we want to move the files on the same mounted volume. Unless you have done a custom volume setup you will have a directory off of "/" named "c" which is the x-raid volume where your the directories for the shares are located. The full path to the Archive directory under the backup share would be "/c/backup/Archive".

WARNING: The use of find to execute any command that modifies files/directories if done wrong can have catastrophic results so be careful if you are going to use this.

First we make the temporary directory:

mkdir /c/backup/TempArchive

Now we move the files into the temporary directory:

find /c/backup/Archive/ -iname \*.jpg -exec mv '{}' /c/backup/NewArchive \;
find /c/backup/Archive/ -iname \*.jpeg -exec mv '{}' /c/backup/NewArchive \;
find /c/backup/Archive/ -iname \*.tif -exec mv '{}' /c/backup/NewArchive \;
find /c/backup/Archive/ -iname \*.tiff -exec mv '{}' /c/backup/NewArchive \;

Now we move the files from the temporary directory to their final destination:

mv /c/backup/TempArchive/* /c/backup/Archive/NewDirectory

Now to clean up by removing the temporary directory:

rmdir /c/backup/TempArchive

This should be very fast since there is no actual copy of the file content being done, the file entry is just being modified to have it in the new location.

lordgibbness wrote:
When you move a file from one share to another, it will actually copy it via your NIC (so it will go from NAS to PC to NAS). If you are just moving files on the NAS you can stop this from happening by mapping a share to \\NAS\c using your admin user\pwd and that way all of your named shares will be visible under that single mapping. Cheers, Rob.

Rob I notice when copying files this way it doesn't show the owner as ADMIN but as ROOT. Does this cause any weird permission issues?

lordgibbness wrote:
When you move a file from one share to another, it will actually copy it via your NIC (so it will go from NAS to PC to NAS). If you are just moving files on the NAS you can stop this from happening by mapping a share to \\NAS\c using your admin user\pwd and that way all of your named shares will be visible under that single mapping. Cheers, Rob.

Is it possible to see Volume C via HTTP/HTTPS interface to copy files between shares remotely?

I haven't enabled the web interface for file shares so I can't comment on that, but give it a go and let us know. Haven't heard of any issues moving files logged in as admin... :)

lordgibbness wrote:
I haven't enabled the web interface for file shares so I can't comment on that, but give it a go and let us know. Haven't heard of any issues moving files logged in as admin... :)

It's not a share available to share up in the GUI. Anyone know a way to get Volume C accessible via HTTP/HTTPS????

Hi ,

I am trying to move files across share drives like move \\driveA \\driveA\folder,but it is not working.Do i need to use any specific command for share drive file moving...i got a answer that you have to copy not move.....but still it is not getting copy.........