[APP] ADB filesystem plugin for Total Commander

EDIT: Aleq has posted updated versions here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23937844&postcount=36

Checked whether a project for creating a WinCE like plugin for total commander already exist, but couldn't find one, so here it is.

Disclaimer: This plugin is still in it's infancy, therefore it might crash you, your PC or your phone. It might not even start. But it'll improve.

1. What's this?
This is a filesystem plugin for total commander that let's you browse and modify the contents of your phone while using total commander

2. Why?
Although there are some android file managers out there, none of them I've found integrates into total commander. And if you've already using tcmd as a general file manager you usually don't want to open up a new program just to access your filesystem.

3. How?
The plugin uses the "adb shell" interface to communicate with the phone. It issues simple linux commands, parses the results and shows them to you in tcmd.

4. What's needed?
Total commander on your PC, busybox on your phone (root is not needed, but it will be used if available), and USB debugging turned on as well. Next download the plugin, open it in total commander and let it install.

5. Download location?
Download the latest version from here: http://github.com/sztupy/adbfsplugin/downloads

6. Supported features?
- directory listing
- copying from/to phone (very slow)
- copying/moving/renaming inside the phone
- creating and deleting directories

7. Whats needed?
- Better error handling
- Command line interface
- Attribute changing
- APK management
- etc.

8. Common pitfalls/limitations/etc.
- If the plugin can't start the adb server, wait a bit, then try it again
- The plugin won't ask you whether you want to overwrite a file or not, it will overwrite it
- Uploading and downloading files is very-very slow
- The plugin starts by trying to use su. If it can't get permission to use su (for example you pressed deny on the superuser page), it will run as a normal user.

Licence: GPLv3 (with the added exception that allows you to use the plugin with total commander... duh) and CC-BY-SA

Screenshot:

reserved for later use

Symbolink links and more compatibility with busybox < 1.17.1 is coming soon. I'm also working on linking this with adb putty, so running commands from the command line should work too.

jjwa said:

I have installed the plugin, and have my phone connected in debug mode, but how do I access it now? I confirmed that adb shell is able to connect, but in Total Commander I see no way to access my phone. (The drive letters that are usually used for access while mounted don't work.)

I have experience with Total Commander, I have used adb shell, but I can't really figure this thing out...

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filesystem plugins ccan be found at the network neighborhood

jjwa said:

Oh wow, that is not a place I would look for my USB-connected phone .

But it works now, thanks .

Edit:
it is indeed very slow. A shame, because that means it's actually not a practical way to regularly put music and videos on my phone and download my photos off of it. Is there a chance the low speed can be fixed?

Also, there are several applications that allow you to use ADB wirelessly, could you support that in this plugin? Would be a very nice feature!
I believe they all use 'adb connect IP-addressort' on the computer's side to connect to it, so that does not sound very difficult to me.

Thanks for your work so far, initiatives like these are very appreciated

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The speed issue is on the todo list, but it will be never as fast as the native usb connection. (the same was true with the WinCE/activesync plugin too)

rschalie said:

Same here, running CyanogenMOD 6 on a HTC HD2.

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Does cyanogenmod's busybox support the "stat" command?