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cmdlet/provider_table.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CMDLET = Cmdlet(
     detail=[
         "Use a registered provider to build a table and optionally run another cmdlet with selection args.",
         "Emits pipeline-friendly dicts enriched with `_selection_args` so you can pipe into `select` and other cmdlets.",
-        "Example: provider-table -provider example -sample | select -select 1 | add-file -store default",
+        "Example: provider-table -provider example -sample | select -select 1 | add-file -store my_store",
     ],
 )
 

cmdlet/search_file.py

@@ -573,15 +573,26 @@ class search_file(Cmdlet):
         
         library_root = get_local_storage_path(config or {})
         if not library_root:
-            # Fallback for search-file: if no global "default" path is found, 
+            # Fallback for search-file: if no global folder path is found, 
             # try to use the specific backend mentioned in -store or the first available folder backend.
-            backend_name = storage_backend or "default"
-            try:
-                backend = storage_registry[backend_name]
-                if backend and type(backend).__name__ == "Folder":
-                    library_root = expand_path(getattr(backend, "_location", None))
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+            if storage_backend:
+                try:
+                    backend = storage_registry[storage_backend]
+                    if backend and type(backend).__name__ == "Folder":
+                        library_root = expand_path(getattr(backend, "_location", None))
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+            else:
+                # Try all backends until we find a Folder one
+                for name in storage_registry.list_backends():
+                    try:
+                        backend = storage_registry[name]
+                        if type(backend).__name__ == "Folder":
+                            library_root = expand_path(getattr(backend, "_location", None))
+                            if library_root:
+                                break
+                    except Exception:
+                        continue
 
         if not library_root:
             log("No library root configured. Use the .config command to set up storage.", file=sys.stderr)