On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 06:19:55PM +0200, Vincent Petry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Let me explain.
>
> In the sync client version 1.6.x, when you set up your account, it will
> automatically download the whole remote home folder (which means the
> contents of your OC account).
>
That means my calendar, address list, etc. on the *server*?
> If you wish to NOT use the WHOLE remote home folder, then you need to
> edit the config of the sync client and remote the "root" folder and add
> whichever remove subfolder you want to sync.
>
This is the unclear bit. Do the subfolders I want to synchronise have
to be subdirectories of the *owncloud* root folder or can they be any
subdirectory?
> For example in my setup I have a remote folder called "clientsync" and I
> usually only want to sync that.
>
> So if I configure the sync client 1.6.x on a new machine:
> 1) Setup the account
> 2) 1.6.x starts download the WHOLE root folder
> 3) Edit the config
> 4) Remove the "root" folder in the config
> 5) Add folder "clientsync" to the config
> 6) Clean up the local "$HOME/ownCloud" folder
> 7) Let is sync again
>
> This manipulation was inconvenient for many users and was fixed in 1.7.0
> beta 4.
>
> In 1.7.0 beta 4, after setting up the account it will directly ask you
> whether you want to use the whole remote folder or a specific one. In my
> case I'd then simply need to select "clientsync" at that point.
>
Yes, it does, I think I understand now. The problems I had arise from
(apart from my own stupidity of course!) the following:-
If I have it right the 'owncloud home' folder is both remote out
there on my server somewhere *and* isn't actually anything to do
with my home directory there. It consists of files/directories
stored within the Owncloud server. This wasn't at all clear to me
when I first tried to set up the Owncloud client.
Thank you for your patience in explaining this! :-)
--
Chris Green
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