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==  Working with storage contents ==  
==  Working with storage contents ==  
The Network Multimeter will only show the top level directory of the storage device and interaction is only possible with files the reside in the top level directory.
The Network Multimeter will initially show the top level directory of the storage device and by clicking on a directory name the view can be switched to the contents of that sub-directory. This will also show the path of the current directory above the table along with a button that allows to change back to the parent directory.


It is currently not supported to work with directories.
Generic files which are not packet capture files will show with two buttons next to them. As the names suggest the '''Delete button''' will delete the file from the storage device and the '''Download button''' will start a browser download of this file.  


Generic files which are not packet capture files will show with two buttons next to them.  
In addition to these two buttons an Analyze PCAP button will show next to packet capture files. When this button is pressed the Network Multimeter will either reset all statistics and start analyzing the packet capture file or enables to start a parallel PCAP analysis if this is configured (see  [[Parallel packet processing]]). Progress, statistics and the option to resume normal operation will appear at the top of the Storage page.


As the names suggest the '''Delete button''' will delete the file from the storage device and the '''Download button''' will start a browser download of this file.  
The '''New directory''' button opens as dialog that can be used to create a new sub-directory in the currently shown directory. Sub-directories can be used as target for storing packet captures (see [[Capture module#Capture settings dialog|Capture settings dialog]]).


In addition to these two buttons an Analyze PCAP button will show next to packet capture files.
The '''Select or drop file''' area along with the '''Upload file''' button allows to upload a file to the current directory.
 
When this button is pressed the Network Multimeter will reset all statistics and start analyzing the packet capture file.
 
Progress, statistics and the option to resume normal operation will appear at the top of the Storage page.




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