Can I access OneDrive in DOS

I use DOS (specifically the WinZip Command Line Add-On) to backup my files. Have been for years and years. I can't figure how to address OneDrive in my .bat file. Can it be done? If so can someone point me to the solution.

Thanks
Wally

Firstly, Windows 10 does not have "DOS". Apparently, you are talking about command line interface.

Secondly, OneDrive stores all its files in some specific location on your machine. All these files are regular files accessible as any other file. There's nothing special about them. By default, OneDrive directory is 'Users\<Your User Name>\OneDrive'

Thank you Andrey for the info on OneDrive.

And, you may call it Command Line Interface or anything you want, but old guys like me still execute ye ole DOS commands which are still in Windows 10.

Wally

alphanumeric said:

This will sound like nit picking but he's right. It's not DOS, its a command prompt window with DOS "like" commands. I'm old and old school, but I don't call it DOS, I call it what it is. It's a command line interpreter. There is a big difference between the two. Anyway it should be C: \Users\your user name\OneDrive\. That's where it shows up locally for me. Put a file(s) in there and it will likely sync them to the online equivalent folder.

Not to be snarky, but I am less worried about what folks call the CLI and more worried about a complete answer to the original question:
Can OneDrive be accessed from the CLI? The way I intend the question is:
Can a user share a file on OneDrive (for Business) and then access it from anywhere, on any machine (in the enterprise,) using a batch file, or Powershell script, or VB Script, or whatever version of command line functionality you wish to use to circumvent the error-prone wetware between the chair and the computer?

Could you upload the code of your .bat file so we can have a closer look ?

This is from the Getting started with OneDrive.docx file in the OneDrive Folder on my computer:

Share files
You can share individual files and even entire folders without attaching anything. Send an email with a link to what you’d like to share—and rest assured that everything else in your OneDrive will stay private. To share items from the OneDrive website, just select the check box in the upper-right corner of the item and choose Share.

Maybe all you need to share is the link to your OneDrive storage.

Wallytek said:

I use DOS (specifically the WinZip Command Line Add-On) to backup my files. Have been for years and years. I can't figure how to address OneDrive in my .bat file. Can it be done? If so can someone point me to the solution.

Thanks
Wally

I read this post and it did not answer my question, so I tried it out. Turns out that if files are on OneDrive but not stored on your PC, the size shows in parentheses. When you access the file via the command shell or PowerShell, it will automatically download the file. Here's an example:

Code:

E:\OneDrive\OneDrive\Documents>dir wmc_dlna.log
 Volume in drive E has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 3639-65E3

 Directory of E:\OneDrive\OneDrive\Documents

08/28/2011  10:03 PM              (48) wmc_dlna.log
               1 File(s)             48 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  87,770,542,080 bytes free

E:\OneDrive\OneDrive\Documents>type wmc_dlna.log
2011-8-28 22:03:51 : [dms] dms terminated..


E:\OneDrive\OneDrive\Documents>dir wmc_dlna.log
 Volume in drive E has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 3639-65E3

 Directory of E:\OneDrive\OneDrive\Documents

08/28/2011  10:03 PM                48 wmc_dlna.log
               1 File(s)             48 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  87,770,537,984 bytes free

@lafleurh What is your question?