rfm - RepRapFirmware FileManager [duetbackup successor]

[wilriker]

@gtj0 Last time I checked it worked. It will only remove local files that do not exist anymore on remote (like -delete for rsync). I will check tomorrow if something is broken with it.

[wilriker]

@gtj0 You were right, -removeLocal was broken for removed files (it worked for removed directories). So here is

Release v1.1.0-RC2

This fixes broken -removeLocal parameter of the backup sub-command that did not delete files locally.

Get it at the GitHub Releases page.

[3mm]

Hi wilriker,

I hate to sound stupid, but how do I use it? Where do I put the files? And how do I access it? My system is Windaze 7 PC and a DUET-EtherNet controller.

Thanks in advance...3mm

[gtj0]

@wilriker

Yep, -removeLocal now works.
You can't specify the remote directory as 0:/ any more though. Not sure if this is intentional or not.

$ ./rfm backup -domain duet0 /tmp/duet0 0:/
2019/07/30 05:49:53 Fetching filelist for 0:/0:
2019/07/30 05:49:53 Directory not found

Doesn't matter to me, not sure if it's matter to others.

[wilriker]

@3mm You download the release for your operating system. For Windows that would be rfm-windows_amd64.zip. Then you unpack that to a location of your choice. It is a command-line tool so you have to open cmd and navigate to the directory where you unpacked rfm to (alternatively: in Explorer right click while holding shift in the directory where rfm.exe is located - this should provide a context-menu entry to open a command line in this directory).

There you can simply run

rfm help

to get an overview and the available sub-commands. With

rfm help <subcommand>

you can see individual parameters of each sub-command.

[wilriker]

@gtj0 said in rfm - RepRapFirmware FileManager [duetbackup successor]:

@wilriker

Yep, -removeLocal now works.
You can't specify the remote directory as 0:/ any more though. Not sure if this is intentional or not.

$ ./rfm backup -domain duet0 /tmp/duet0 0:/
2019/07/30 05:49:53 Fetching filelist for 0:/0:
2019/07/30 05:49:53 Directory not found

Doesn't matter to me, not sure if it's matter to others.

No, that's a bug. I'll look into that.

[wilriker]

@gtj0 Found it and fixed it.

Release v1.1.0-RC3

This can be found as usual on GitHub Releases page.

Another bug fix. There was a regression introduced in v1.1.0-RC1 where it was no longer possible to specify the root directory of the SD card as 0:/. This is fixed in this release.

Also this release candidate is intended to be the last one before final release of this version.

[3mm]

@wilriker

Thank you very much!

3mm

[wilriker]

Arch User Repository Package

For Arch Linux users: I have submitted a package to install rfm via AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rfm/

This is available for x86_64, arm, armv6h, armv7h and aarch64.

[wilriker]

Release v1.1.0

v1.1.0 has existed Release Candidate stage and is now available at GitHub Releases page or via Arch User Repository.

Reiterating the changes:
This release implements the persisting of -exclude parameter values in rfm.toml. These parameters will be persisted separately for backup and upload command so they do not confuse each other.

A new keyword reset has been added as a recognized value for the -exclude parameter to delete all persisted excludes for the current command, i.e.

rfm backup -exclude reset ...

will remove all persisted excludes for the backup command. Further -exclude parameter after that (even in the same command) will add new excludes.

Note that order is relevant, i.e.

rfm backup -exclude 0:/gcodes -exclude reset backup-dir 0:/

will backup everything in 0:/ since the given exclude for 0:/gcodes was reset by the following -exclude reset parameter.

Bug Fixes

• -removeLocal was broken for files (working for directories though)
• Sub-command upload would fail most of the times (this was fixed between RC3 and this version)

[fma]

I'm trying to use your script, but I always get 'invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value' error. What am I doing wrong?

I'm using the amd64 version...

Thanks.

[wilriker]

@fma This happens if the Duet responded with an HTML error page instead of a JSON error. I've seen this happen more often recently but so far have not found the cause.

Are you using the latest v1.1.0 final release above?

Also which sub-command does this happen for? Also you can use the parameter -debug to see the actual response coming from the Duet. This might give a hint what's going wrong.

[fma]

Yes, I'm using the final release.

The error happens with all commands, and -debug does not give much info:

./rfm ls 0:/ -debug

0::
2019/08/18 12:52:40 invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value

BTW, does it require a specific version of RRF? Im' running 2.02RC2...

[wilriker]

@fma It should work with any version of RRF. Though the -debug parameter has to come before the location to list (in this case) or more general: before any parameter that does not have its own -something prefix.

[fma]

My bad, I made a mistake in the device name! All seems to work fine

Thanks for your help.

[wilriker]

@fma I'm glad it was that simple.

[wilriker]

Release v1.1.1

v1.1.1 has been release and can be found at GitHub Releases page.

Changes

• New -debug option to output the HTTP requests being sent to RRF
• Add CRC32 checksum as HTTP header to file uploads (supported by RRF 2.04RC3 and newer).

[PaulHew]

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[PCR]

@wilriker Is it possibble to upload a file and start the print?

Best

[wilriker]

@PCR No, this is not a feature of rfm. It was and is intended to manage files on the SD card but not further interaction with the RepRapFirmware.