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File Browser

Through the Open OnDemand dashboard, you can access the File Browser, which will help you manage your files stored on the primary data spaces of Palmetto.

Basics

Click on OOD Dashboard's Files dropdown menu to display a list of directories for the user:

  • Home
  • /scratch/
  • /project (if accessible)

Screenshot of the OpenOD website with the files tab open.

Clicking on one of the directory links will open a new browser tab, which is an interface to navigate and manipulate the contents of the directory.

Screenshot of the file directory interface.

Double-clicking on one of the listed directories will open up the contents of that directory.

Screenshot of a directory and its files.

Manipulating and Transferring Files

Specific utilities supporting the creation/manipulation/upload/download of files and directories are available at the top of the browser tab.

Screenshot of the file navigation utilities bar.

Users can view a file by clicking View or edit a file using Edit. They can also create a New File or a New Directory, Upload or Download files, and Rename or Move a file.

Editing Files

Clicking Edit or New File will create another new browser tab that is a browser-based editor for OOD.

The browser-based editor will have options for users to change themes, font, and highlighting schemes depending on the programming languages they are working on.

Screenshot of the file browser-based editor.

The Save button on the top-left of the tab is initially gray (see the previous), but once a change is made to the document, it will become highlighted and clickable.

tip

You must manually click the Save button periodically to ensure that your data is saved. At the moment, there is no auto-save feature for this editor.

Screenshot of the file editor with the save button.

Quota

Through the Open OnDemand dashboard, you can access the Quota utility, under Files->Quota, which will show your usage of various data spaces of Palmetto.

Screenshot of a quota utility page example.