Files.com
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| rclone support tier | Tier 1: Core |
| Checksums | MD5, CRC-32 |
| Modification times | Kept, to 1 s |
| Case-insensitive names | Yes |
| Duplicate names allowed | No |
| Server-side copy | Yes |
| Server-side move and rename | Yes |
| Folder move and rename | Yes, in one step |
| Free space reporting | No |
| Empty folders | Yes |
| Change notifications | No |
| Uploads of unknown size | Yes |
| Public links | Yes |
Files.com is a cloud storage service that provides a secure and easy way to store and share files.
The initial setup for filescom involves authenticating with your Files.com
account. You can do this by providing your site subdomain, username, and
password. Alternatively, you can authenticate using an API Key from
Files.com.
rclone config walks you through it.
Setup notes
Section titled “Setup notes”In CloudMount you add this drive from the Add drive screen, and the wizard asks for the options listed under Options. The notes below come from rclone’s setup guide.
Restricted filename characters
Section titled “Restricted filename characters”In addition to the default restricted characters set the following characters are also replaced:
| Character | Value | Replacement |
|---|---|---|
| \ | 0x5C | ＼ |
File names can also not end with the following characters. These only get replaced if they are the last character in the name:
| Character | Value | Replacement |
|---|---|---|
| SP | 0x20 | ␠ |
| LF | 0x0A | ␊ |
| CR | 0x0D | ␍ |
| HT | 0x09 | ␉ |
| VT | 0x0B | ␋ |
Invalid UTF-8 bytes will also be replaced.
Files.com treats the replacements ／ and ＼ as if they were /
and \, and the names ． and ．． as if they were . and ..,
and rejects them with Invalid path. This means that files with /
or \ in their names, or which are called . or .., can’t be
stored on Files.com.
Hashes
Section titled “Hashes”In December 2024 files.com started supporting more checksums.
However if you want hashes you must enable them in your site by visiting the “File Integrity” section in “Data Governance” to configure your settings and select the checksum algorithms that meet your requirements.
Rclone currently only support CRC32 and MD5 for use in syncing but selecting more checksums will not affect rclone’s operations.
For use with rclone, selecting at least MD5 is recommended so rclone can do an end to end integrity check.
Options
Section titled “Options”Standard options
Section titled “Standard options”The wizard asks for these when you add the drive.
Your site subdomain (e.g. mysite) or custom domain (e.g. myfiles.customdomain.com).
Type: string
username
Section titled “username”The username used to authenticate with Files.com.
Type: string
password
Section titled “password”The password used to authenticate with Files.com.
NB Input to this must be obscured - see rclone obscure.
Type: string
Advanced options
Section titled “Advanced options”The wizard shows these under Advanced options. Most drives work without changing any of them.
api_key
Section titled “api_key”The API key used to authenticate with Files.com.
Type: string
encoding
Section titled “encoding”The encoding for the backend.
See the encoding section in the overview for more info.
Type: Encoding · Default: Slash,BackSlash,Del,Ctl,RightSpace,RightCrLfHtVt,InvalidUtf8,Dot
description
Section titled “description”Description of the remote.
Type: string