File added to an external storage not syncing with desktop clients

[anon21401411]

Hey,

@Stanthewizzard

It’s not external as it is a fstab mount so local for owncloud
I have the cron
and this one
www-data /usr/bin/php /var/www/owncloud/occ files:scan --path stan/mnt/freenas/SyncStan/Owncloud/

i’m not sure but to me this sounds like you have added this fstab mount to the owncloud data folder? Or have you used the “external storage app” with the “local” option?

If it is the first one then i think this could cause all kind of issues if i’m understanding the following post correctly:

Folder creation server side

Treating the data directory as a black box is a simple way to keep things working and save everyone a lot of headaches. There are some scenarios in which we could consider the approach of uploading directly into the data directory and then run a “files:scan”. However, if you check in the forums, most of the people using this workaround could just use the webDAV interface. The problem is that people start assuming they can touch the files in the data directory and then start losing metadata. If…