olares-files

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Olares Files via olares-cli files — ls, upload, download, edit, share, SMB/NFS mount, compress/extract archives, Seafile sync on drive/Home, drive/Data, drive/Common, cache, external, cloud. Use for Olares Files, drive, upload, download, share, SMB, NFS, compress, extract, archive, LarePass Files.

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files (per-user files-backend)

CRITICAL — before running any verb here, load the olares-shared skill first (profile selection, login, 401/403 recovery). Flag reference: olares-cli files --help.

Platform model (read once): the storage areas these paths address — the five userspace areas, their backends/durability, uid-1000 ownership, and the system-managed drive/Home directories — are defined once in ../olares-shared/references/olares-platform.md. This skill only adds the addressing view.

Source of truth for flags & wire shapes is always olares-cli files <verb> --help. This file only carries what --help cannot give: the cross-cutting frontend-path concept, the trailing-slash convention, the five client-side hard constraints, and the verb index.

When to use

Olares Files, olares-cli files, LarePass Files, drive, Home, Data, Common, sync, cache, upload, download, list, edit, rename, chown
Archives: compress / extract; inspect (archive entries / archive cat); manage the async queue (task cancel / pause / resume)
Share: internal cross-Olares-ID, public link (password / expiration), SMB / Samba, Connect to Server, Seafile sync repos
Mount external servers: SMB (smb) and NFS (nfs)
Namespaces: drive, cache, sync, external, awss3, dropbox, google, tencent, share

Anything outside this scope -> see the Skill suite map in ../olares-shared/SKILL.md (already loaded as the suite prerequisite).

Finding files by name/content (and what the index covers — filenames everywhere vs. full-text only in /Documents/) lives in olares-search; configure which directories get full-text indexing via settings search dirs in olares-settings.

Mental model

files is an addressing layer over the platform storage areas (which the platform model owns): you name a resource with a 3-segment frontend path and call a verb. Almost every surprise traces back to the path namespace, trailing-slash intent, the 5 client-side hard constraints, or the >= 1.12.6 version gate. Everything else is per-verb --help.

Paths and namespace support

Every files resource uses the 3-segment frontend path fileType/extend[/subPath]. Before invoking a verb, confirm the namespace is supported and respect the trailing-slash directory convention. The full path grammar, per-verb namespace allow-list, and trailing-slash rules live in references/olares-files-paths.md.

Client-side hard constraints (5 quirks — never work around)

These five rules are enforced client-side and reflect real backend / GUI invariants. The rest of this skill refers to them by number.

1. POST `/api/resources/<dir>/` auto-renames on collision

Hitting the directory-create endpoint against an existing directory does NOT return 409 — it silently creates <dir> (1) instead. So files upload does NOT pre-create the destination directory; use files mkdir [-p] first if the parent doesn't exist yet.

2. GET `/api/resources/<file>` (no trailing slash) returns HTTP 500

The backend's single-file List handler tries to slurp file bytes into a JSON envelope and chokes on most files. The CLI works around it by Stat-ing the PARENT directory and finding the leaf in the items array. If the user reports HTTP 500 on a direct file resource path, the answer is files cat / files download, never "retry the raw URL".

3. `external/<node>/` is a virtual volume-listing layer (read-only)

This level has no backing filesystem — it just enumerates attached volumes (hdd1, usb1, smb-...). mkdir, cp/mv destination, upload, AND share (all flavors) reject external/<node>/ (and one level deeper for mkdir); errors point at the corrected shape external/<node>/<volume>/<sub>/. Pure reads (ls, cat, rm, rename) work — that is how the user discovers attached volumes. Mount new volumes via LarePass.

4. The system-managed `drive/Home` directories are protected

The eleven LarePass bootstrap directories under drive/Home/ (canonical names in the platform model → System-managed Home directories) are guarded: rename, rm, and mv source REFUSE these names at the first level under drive/Home/ only. cp is NOT gated (duplicating bytes preserves the original). Nested content (drive/Home/Pictures/Trip2024/) is fully editable, and other namespaces are unaffected.

5. `cache/<node>/` is a node-picker for share-create only

cache/<node>/ IS a real per-node directory on the wire, so ls / cp / mkdir / upload / rm / rename work. BUT the share-create flavors (share internal / share public / share smb) reject the bare node root because a share record there points at no concrete dataset. Use cache/<node>/<sub>/ for shares.

Async task queue (compress / extract)

Unlike every other verb, compress and extract are asynchronous: the POST returns immediately with a task_id, and the byte-writing runs on the server's per-node task queue. Mental model:

Without --wait, the command prints the task_id and exits — the task is still running server-side.
With --wait, the command polls and prints progress until the task reaches a terminal status.
Ctrl-C / context cancel only stops the local poll; the server-side task keeps running. To actually stop it, use files task cancel <task_id> --node <node>.
Tasks are per-node — the <node> segment must match the node the task was queued on (compress / extract print it in their "queued ... task" line). files task pause / resume / cancel manage a queued task; cancel --all drops every task on the node.

Version gate (Olares >= 1.12.6)

The archive surface (compress / extract / archive), the nfs verbs, and the drive/Common namespace were all introduced in Olares 1.12.6. The CLI fails closed on an older (or undetectable) backend with an actionable upgrade message rather than an opaque server 404/500.

Before reaching for these, check the backend version: the VERSION column of olares-cli profile list, or live olares-cli settings me version (see olares-shared and platform.md → version model).
Comparison is on major.minor.patch only, so a daily build like 1.12.6-20260603 still counts as >= 1.12.6.
If detection fails (/api/olares-info unreachable), pass --olares-version <ver> to set it manually.

Authentication transport

Files uses X-Authorization: <access_token> and auto-refreshes expired tokens where the request can be safely replayed. On *ErrTokenInvalidated / *ErrNotLoggedIn, do not retry; use the recovery table in ../olares-shared/SKILL.md.

Verb index

For flags, examples, and wire shapes, always start with olares-cli files <verb> --help. The references below add only what --help cannot give — agent-facing safety constraints, multi-step orchestrations, and common-error → fix maps.

Verb	`--help` first, then...	Notes
`ls`	references/olares-files-ls.md	Drive vs. cloud envelope shapes; `--json` semantics
`cat`	`olares-cli files cat --help`	Trivial GET to stdout; binary-safe
`download`	references/olares-files-download.md	`--resume` / `--overwrite` semantics; directory parallel fetch
`upload`	references/olares-files-upload.md	Two-stage cloud upload (stage 1 chunks → stage 2 server-side transfer task); `--parallel` semantics; tencent rejection
`edit`	references/olares-files-edit.md	Editor cascade; three-tier size cap; text-only guard; concurrent-delete detection; cloud writeback gap
`mkdir`	references/olares-files-mkdir.md	`-p` skips existing prefixes; auto-rename quirk on the leaf; `external/<node>/<X>/` depth-1 guard
`rm`	references/olares-files-rm.md	Preflight existence check before prompt; trailing-slash signals dir; protected-names list
`rename`	references/olares-files-rename.md	In-place only (synchronous PATCH); protected-names list; bare basename only
`cp` / `mv`	references/olares-files-cp-mv.md	Drop-into-dir semantics; `mv` source rejects protected names; preflight Stat of every src + dst dir
`chown`	references/olares-files-chown.md	UID 0 / 1000 conventions; namespace allow-list; volume-root refusal
`compress`	references/olares-files-compress.md	Async (`task_id` + `--wait`); format set; single-file-compressor limits; password / split-volume zip+7z only; `--level` / `--conflict`. Needs >= 1.12.6
`extract`	references/olares-files-extract.md	Async; `<dst-dir>/` must end with `/`; interactive password retry; `--conflict`. Needs >= 1.12.6
`archive`	references/olares-files-archive.md	Read-only inspect: `entries` (`--json` / `--max-entries`), `cat` (`-o`); bzip2 / xz not previewable. Needs >= 1.12.6
`task`	references/olares-files-task.md	Control the per-node queue: `cancel [--all]` / `pause` / `resume`; `pause_able` precheck; `--force`
`share`	references/olares-files-share.md	Three flavors (internal / public / smb); directory-only; per-flavor namespace allow-list; update verbs (`set-members` / `set-password` / `set-smb`)
`smb`	references/olares-files-smb.md	Mount → `external/<node>/<entry>/`; host-only address triggers share discovery; favorites history
`nfs`	references/olares-files-nfs.md	Mount → `external/<node>/<entry>/`; bare host triggers export discovery; no credentials; shares the smb favorites book. Needs >= 1.12.6
`repos`	`olares-cli files repos --help`	List / create / rename / rm Seafile libraries; repo_id is the `<extend>` segment

Common errors

Symptom	Cause	Fix
`is the volume listing layer (read-only); point at a real volume, e.g. external/<node>/<volume>/<sub>/`	Quirk #3 — bare `external/<node>/` write attempt	Add the `<volume>` segment
`refusing to mkdir external/<node>/<X>/: depth-1 entries under external/<node>/ are mounted volumes`	Quirk #3 depth-1 — would create a phantom volume	Mount the volume via LarePass; target an existing one
`refusing to {rename\|delete\|mv source} drive/Home/<name>: this is a system-managed Home folder`	Quirk #4 — protected name	Pick a different name, or operate on a nested path
`refusing to share cache/<node>/: this is the node-picker layer (no concrete dataset to share)`	Quirk #5 — bare cache node-root share	Use `cache/<node>/<sub>/`
`file disappeared between stat and fetch`	Concurrent-delete race on `edit`	Re-pull the parent directory and decide
`tencent upload is not supported` (or similar)	Tencent's octet protocol is not implemented	Use the LarePass web app for tencent uploads
`<src> does not exist on the server` (from `cp`/`mv`/`rm`)	Preflight Stat failed	`files ls` the parent and confirm the path
`HTTP 500` from `/api/resources/<file>`	Quirk #2 — backend tried to embed file bytes	Use `files cat` / `files download` instead
`require Olares >= 1.12.6` (from `compress`/`extract`/`archive`/`nfs`) or `drive/Common ... requires Olares >= 1.12.6`	Version gate — backend predates the feature	Upgrade Olares, or pass `--olares-version` if detection misfired
`files compress` does not support the "sync"/"" namespace	Archive allow-list (drive/cache/external only)	Stage into `drive/Home` first, or use the LarePass web app for cloud
`archive requires a password` / `archive password is incorrect`	Encrypted zip / 7z	Supply it via `--password-stdin` (or answer the interactive prompt)
`previewing "bzip2"/"xz" archives is not supported`	Raw single-stream compressor, no entry table	`files extract` it instead of `archive entries` / `archive cat`
`task ... is already <status>` / `not controllable: ... pause_able=false`	Task is terminal or non-interruptible	Nothing to do, or pass `--force` to send anyway

For auth-related errors (server rejected the access token, refresh token for X became invalid, …) see ../olares-shared/SKILL.md.

Safety contract

Write & delete verbs (rm, rename, cp, mv, chown --uid, compress, extract, share rm, repos rm, smb unmount, nfs unmount, nfs history rm, task cancel) — confirm intent with the user FIRST. Several verbs preflight against the server before any state change; do not bypass that by retry-on-404.
rm -f skips the y/N prompt but NOT the preflight existence check — a missing path still aborts.
task cancel --all drops EVERY task on the node (including ones started elsewhere) — confirm explicitly; it refuses in a non-TTY context without --force.
Never echo access_token / refresh_token to the terminal. Use --password-stdin (where supported) for SMB and archive passwords too.
Confirm destination paths before any upload --overwrite, cp to an existing file, compress/extract --conflict overwrite, or any operation that could clobber bytes.