Display files tree of cloud storage folders
Hi Experts!
I have various clouds, Mega, Google, Box, iCloud, Dropbox and OneDrive. I know this question is far fetched to be answered to all cloud alike, but is there a way I can see or get a file list of the files/folders in each? (at this point I am going folder by folder, looking at them, writing something about them to have some references on what is holding, super tedious stuff) - if I can download or see a directory list tree or something would help,
Thanx in advance
whatever can be mounted as a filesystem can be enumerated with the regular find command or possibly tree. that would work with google drive, dropbox, onedrive. not sure about the others.
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How? Can u give an idea?
mount each remote drive on your machine. run find or tree on the mountpoints. i am not sure i get your issue
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mount each remote drive on your machine
Yeah, that' a good idea! That way I mount the drive locally and run apps like WinDirStat, even "DIR" from command prompt or any other apps that displays a tree-folder relationship reading that local drive
How do u mount a cloud drive?.
each cloud drive provide a tool. at least the ones i mentionned do. if you can access the drive as a local drive, it is already mounted.
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i can't find the tool strange... will continue
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Oh I get it, took some time, rereading ur entries; u mean installed the software of each cloud that way a drive is set as below (I have iCloud installed)
However, Mega, Google, OneDrive is the same as iCloud, that means that in order to see it's contents it has to be downloaded to my PC.
Is this is what u were referring to?
However, Mega, Google, OneDrive is the same as iCloud, that means that in order to see it's contents it has to be downloaded to my PC.
Is this is what u were referring to?
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Yes! It worked! OMG!! Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! Sorry took long for me to understand it! you meant install each cloud recommended apps, that's it! - I just download Google Drive and all files are present as a tree and I can even size up, preview etc. without download it! (I hope the apps for Mega, Box, iCloud, Dropbox and OneDrive )
Again thanx!
Again thanx!
glad to see uou got it working. actually i have no idea whether mega and box provide similar tools but that seems likely. sorry if my wording was unclear.
if you use that many clouds, i assume you probably both have lots of files and multiple copies. you might want to look into unison, rsync, freefilesync and the likes to keep things in sync. this is way easier than using each storage's tool and not necessarily less efficient.
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I am not looking to keep in sync, I just wanted to see faster what's on the cloud and get info (stats) faster.
any comparison is only meaningful over time as such things change quite a lot. it will be different next week or month, at a different time of the day, or even a minute later as you may fall on a different node. also paid vs free plans are likely to be very different.
i would probably favor whichever cloud has a relatively huge user base in a country in a significantly different time zone as you may take advantage of a bigger infra during non busy hours. but this assumes they do not localize queries and relevant data. spoiler alert : they do.
if you state your goal, i might be able to advise
i would probably favor whichever cloud has a relatively huge user base in a country in a significantly different time zone as you may take advantage of a bigger infra during non busy hours. but this assumes they do not localize queries and relevant data. spoiler alert : they do.
if you state your goal, i might be able to advise
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Thanx!
I need to check the cloud contents at least 1 every 2 months. Using the apps from the cloud works pretty well, but Mega and Box didn't quite work, but 2 out of 6 ok by me.
Thanx for all your help.
I need to check the cloud contents at least 1 every 2 months. Using the apps from the cloud works pretty well, but Mega and Box didn't quite work, but 2 out of 6 ok by me.
Thanx for all your help.
ok. then i guess i cannot help you more regarding that topic. many cheers
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Thank u!
You've been very kind and helpful!
You've been very kind and helpful!