File Manager

Introduction

To manage files and directories in Open OnDemand, select the Files dropdown. You will see the list of directories available for your account.

Select any one of the directory to manage files in that directory.

Useful Features

1) Switch Directories

On the left hand side of the window, you will see the list of directories available for your Discovery account.
By Default, /home directory is selected.
To switch to /scratch or /projects directory, simply click the directory name.

2) Create/Upload/Download Files and Directories

New File

To create a new file, select the + New File option and it opens a popup like below.

Enter the filename and select OK. A new file will be created under the current directory.

New Directory

Similarly, to create a new directory, select the New Directory option and a popup will be opened.
Enter the directory name in the popup and select OK. A new directory will be created.

Upload/Download Files and Directories

To upload files/directories from your local workstation to Discovery, select the Upload button and it displays a popup to browse files/directories of your local computer to upload to Discovery.
To download the files/directories to your local workstation, select the files/directories first and then press the Download button.

Copy/Move File

To copy/move the files from one directory to another, first select the files you want to copy. Then select the Copy/Move button.

Now, a popup will be displayed on the left hand side of the window like below.

Now, switch to the directory where you want to copy/move the files, use the left hand side pane to switch directories or select the Change Directory option. In the below example, the target directory is set to be \scratch.

Select Copy/Move and the file will be transferred to the destination folder.

Output

The file test1.txt has been transferred successfully.

Delete File

To delete files/directories, select the files/directories and then press the delete button at the top.
You will get a popup to confirm the deletion. Select OK and your files/directories will be deleted.

Open In Terminal

To open the current working directory in terminal from the Files app, simply use the Open In Terminal button.

Output:

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#################################################
    ____  _
   / __ \(_)_____________ _   _____  _______  __
  / / / / / ___/ ___/ __ \ | / / _ \/ ___/ / / /
 / /_/ / (__  ) /__/ /_/ / |/ /  __/ /  / /_/ /
/_____/_/____/\___/\____/|___/\___/_/   \__, /
                                       /____/
#################################################

## Welcome to Discovery! ##
- HPC Website 'https://hpc.nmsu.edu'
- Slurm Submission Script Generator 'https://slurm.nmsu.edu'
- Please review our policies at 'https://hpc.nmsu.edu/home/resources/policies'.
- To contact us email 'hpc-team@nmsu.edu'.

## Quota Reports ##
/home/<username>                Used=5.548G  Quota=100G
/scratch/<username>             Used=128K    Quota=1T
/fs1/project/<project-name>     Used=284.3G  Quota=5T

[username@discovery-l2~]

The above output shows the current working directory in command-line shell mode is opened.

3) Change/Move up a Directory

Move up

To Move up a directory one level up, select the up arrow.

Change Directory

To switch to different directories, select the Change Directory option. It will open a popup and you can enter the path of the destination directory to switch.

Also, you can select the Copy Path button to copy the path of the current working directory to the clipboard.

4) Show Dotfiles/ Show Owner/Mode

Enable the checkboxes if you want to view the Dotfiles, File owner, File modes in the directory.
Also, to filter the files and directories, you can use the filter text entry, and search files/directories quickly.