File manager

Experimental project

This is a sandbox project, which contains experimental code for developer use only.

This page is work in progress.

Overview

File manager is a tool (for Drupal 7) to administer managed and unmanaged files. Directories can be browsed and files examined. Differences between the database and the filesystem will be pointed out. Operations such as copying, moving, deleting, (batch) renaming and modifying files and directories are possible (not yet).

Features

Uses Ajax and jQuery for a user-friendly UI, aiming to provide optimum usability.
Shows disk space usage and number of files. Both for single folders and recursively including subfolders.
Highlights conflicts in the directory tree and file list. Conflicts are files that exists in the database but not in the filesystem or vice versa.
Certain directories can be defined as temporary directories. These are for generated files that might not be registered in file_managed.
The visibility of the columns in the file list can toggled.
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Planned Features

Find duplicates and optionally merge uses.
Operations on files and directories (copying, moving, deleting, (batch) renaming, ...).
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Usage

File manager provides a file browser UI with a directory tree and a file list panel. Both directory and file list are scrollable. The bar between them can be dragged to resize the panels.

Files and directories are color-coded:

Green: existing in database and filesystem.
Blue: existing only in filesystem.
Red: existing only in database.

Icons indicate problems in the directory tree.

Development Status

File manager is being developed for Drupal 7. It is still work in progress, but has reached a state where it can be tested and even be useful. No operations can be performed yet but the file browser UI is functional and informative.