ARES System Manual: storage Daemon

(input) @service storage: Prints debug information.
(input) @service storage restart: Restarts the storage daemon.
(input) @service storage reconfigure: Rescans the source table, adds missing entries, and remounts any current mounts with dead UUIDs.
(input) @service storage refresh <source>: Updates directory data (*) from specified storage.
(input) @service storage mount <source> <address> <path> <format> <options>: Mounts a storage device.
(input) @service storage unmount <source> [force]: Unmounts a storage device.
(input) @service storage rebuild <source>: Re-adds a storage device's files to applicable views.
(input) @service storage delete [<source>:]<file>: Deletes a file.
(input) @service storage stat [<source>:]<file>: Checks the size, type, and description of a file.
(input) @service storage read [<source>:]<file> <start> <length>: Reads part of a file.
(input) @service storage write [<source>:]<file> <ins>: Writes text from stream <ins> to a file, destroying any current contents.
(input) @service storage append [<source>:]<file> <ins>: Appends text from stream <ins> to a file.

The storage daemon is responsible for managing connections to storage devices and websites. It works in tandem with fs, which provides facilities like view population and pattern matching, as well as the phase driver for the local filesystem. See sources and fs for more information.