It has been, and at least two are documented in this very thread.I get the feeling that the actual goal could have long been achieved in multiple ways by now.
I haven't found what you ask for yet, but as a work-around, I think if you enable ssh as root (not recommended for security, but probably safe if your NAS is not exposed to the Internet or public networks) and then use a graphical tool such as WinSCP, you can do rename and moves within the same window and I believe (but am not certain) that it will execute the command on the remote host the same as shell commands. Actions between two separate windows most likely still route data through the remote client.I was doing a search to see if there was a graphical file manager that, for example, Qnap offers with their NAS units/in their NAS operating system and so far, I haven't really been able to find one following this thread: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/would-like-a-graphical-file-manager.85672/
In there, one of the other community members mentioned using either cpio -p or rsync -a to copy and/or move data around.
The problem that I am facing with that proposed strategy/solution is that it is more difficult to do a multi-select like I can with a graphical file manager interface where using combinations of CTRL and SHIFT, I can quickly select multiple files and then either move and/or copy them to a destination.
I am surprised that TrueNAS 12 doesn't have this yet/still.
A cursory search for the same shows that there was a topic or feature request on this forum dating as far back as 2011.
Is there a reason why there isn't a host managed graphical file manager?
How do people migrate select data/files between TrueNAS servers then? (As I think that going from TrueNAS to TrueNAS using CTRL and/or SHIFT for multi-select would be faster than going from TrueNAS <-> some other management computer with a graphical file manager <-> other TrueNAS server over network.)
What's your current recommendation for SCALE for a GUI file manager in truecharts?For SCALE we already have multiple file manager Apps available :)
So it was accepted somewhere around three years ago. As far as Jira shows, nothing has been done with it since then. Maybe it will show up in the next major release of SCALE. Maybe. Of course, since File Browser has been available in both app catalogs for who knows how long, it's hardly as big a deal as for CORE...FEATURE TICKET: Web GUI File Management as part of the new UI
STATUS TICKET: TrueNAS Local File Browser
I am not a programmer - no clue what it takes.File managers in a web UI are hard. Like, really. The web is essentially stateless. What if you start a move operation in your browser that keeps you updated with a nice progress bar, then you either close your window or your connection goes down for reasons? What's the backend supposed to do? This is a feature that looks trivial at first glance but is damn complex to implement properly.
Because manipulating files directly on the server is much faster than doing so over the network. Which is why lots of people have been asking for this for a very long time, and why pretty much every NAS has this feature.Why would you open an app or your browser when you can just open a directory?
But you will always go throughout the network! It's a Network Attached Storage!Because manipulating files directly on the server is much faster than doing so over the network. Which is why lots of people have been asking for this for a very long time, and why pretty much every NAS has this feature.
If you use mc in an SSH session, you don't. And if there was a UI file manager you wouldn't, either.But you will always go throughout the network! It's a Network Attached Storage!
You are still accessing the NAS through the network!If you use mc in an SSH session, you don't. And if there was a UI file manager you wouldn't, either.
Yeah, but you are still sending the commands via the ethernet cable... I honestly don't understand the point. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something. I feel a bit dumb.mc is running on the NAS proper if you are logged in via SSH. It's like using a mv or cp command ...