File Operations

The ServerPlane file manager supports a full set of file operations accessible through the context menu (right-click) and the toolbar. All operations execute on the remote server in real time.

Create a File

1. Right-click on the background area and select New File, or use the toolbar button.
2. Enter the file name in the modal that appears.
3. Click Create. The file is created empty in the current directory.

Create a Folder

1. Right-click on the background area and select New Folder, or use the toolbar button.
2. Enter the folder name.
3. Click Create.

Edit a Text File

1. Click a file name or right-click and select Edit.
2. The file opens in the built-in code editor with syntax highlighting (detected automatically from the file extension).
3. Make your changes.
4. Click Save to write the updated content back to the server.
5. Click Close to exit the editor.

The editor supports common programming languages and configuration file formats.

Rename

1. Right-click the file or folder and select Rename.
2. Update the name in the modal.
3. Click Rename to confirm.

Delete

Single Item

1. Right-click the file or folder and select Delete.
2. Confirm the deletion in the dialog.

Bulk Delete

1. Select multiple items using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click.
2. Right-click and select Delete.
3. The confirmation dialog lists all items that will be deleted.
4. Click Delete to confirm. A summary shows how many items were deleted and whether any failed.

Copy and Paste

1. Right-click a file or folder and select Copy (or select multiple items first, then right-click and select Copy).
2. Navigate to the target directory.
3. Right-click on the background and select Paste.

The original items remain in place.

Cut and Paste (Move)

1. Right-click a file or folder and select Cut (or select multiple items first, then right-click and select Cut).
2. Navigate to the target directory.
3. Right-click on the background and select Paste.

The items are moved from their original location to the current directory.

Compress

1. Right-click a file or folder and select Compress.
2. A .tar.gz archive is created in the same directory as the original item.

For example, compressing a folder named app produces app.tar.gz.

Extract an Archive

1. Right-click an archive file (.zip, .tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, or .gz) and select Extract.
2. The archive contents are extracted into the current directory.

Upload a File

1. Right-click on the background and select Upload, or use the toolbar upload button.
2. Select a file from your computer (maximum size: 10 MB).
3. The file is uploaded to the current directory.

Download a File

1. Right-click a file and select Download.
2. The file is downloaded to your browser's default download location.

Change Permissions (chmod)

1. Right-click a file or folder and select Change Permissions.
2. Enter the desired permission mode in octal notation (e.g., 755, 644).
3. For directories, toggle the Apply Recursively option to change permissions on all contents inside the directory.
4. Click Apply.

Common Permission Values