ESP32 Forum

I usually use arduino IDE and I'm starting to learn ESP-IDF. To upload files to the ESP32 fatfs or spiffs on the Arduino IDE I use the sketch uploader. How is this done on the ESP-IDF?
Thank you

When using the command line, 'idf.py flash', usually. Best invoked as 'idf.py flash monitor' in a separate terminal to get console output. From there, you can use things like ctrl-T-ctrl-F to reflash and other fun stuff.

Thank you, I know how to flash the ESP32. But what I mean is how can I upload files to the fatfs or spiffs. In arduino IDE that is easy with the filesystem uploader plug in. And I do not find any example of that. Do you know how to do this?

Thank you

You do that by adding a line to the CMakeLists.txt file. What line depends on the filesystem, but here is how you do it for fatfs.

When running the fatfsgen example Cmake does not recognize fatfs_create_spiflash_image nor fatfs_create_rawflash_image. I'm using the 4.4.1 version. Does this happen also to you?
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First, you need to install the file system uploader plugin in Arduino IDE and then you can upload files. you can refer to this article:
https://microcontrollerslab.com/install ... de-spiffs/

For esp-idf, you can refer to this:
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp ... piffs.html

pepopi wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:30 am

When running the fatfsgen example Cmake does not recognize fatfs_create_spiflash_image nor fatfs_create_rawflash_image. I'm using the 4.4.1 version. Does this happen also to you?

How can you tell it does not recognize that? Does it spit out an error?

Yes, it does spit out an error.
Momin, but I am using fatfs. And the link you have posted is about spiffs on esp-idf.

Can you at least post the error, then? Are you also using ESP-IDF 4.4.1, and not only the example from that?

I have updated to the master version and it works.
Thanks for your help