Root-made files to fileshare

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I’m creating a backup script on the server that sends a .tar.gz archive to the fileshare (/var/www/owncloud/data/myuser/files/backups) however it doesn’t show in owncloud. Guessing it has something to do with permissions and such.

What would I need to do in order for it to show up and sync?

The script is running as root.

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Maybe just noise, but are you sure about that path? I would have expected /var/www/html/owncloud//data/myuser/files/backups.

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My path is correct, thanks anyways

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Any errors? How do you upload the backup file?

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Your ownCloud is not going to know about files that you copied into the server storage directory outside of using ownCloud file sync. Check the occ CLI options. I recall there being an option that would trigger a scan for files added outside of ownCloud.

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Can’t seem to find anything on this. Can’t actually find any documentation on cli commands. I’m probably not looking at the right place

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Have you tried just running occ from the command line (on your ownCloud server)?

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Fact is: ownCloud is a WebDAV application. Everything imported by using WebDAV protocol is immediately visible and accessible. Everything else, e.g. using rsync or ftp, needs a file scan afterwards, as @LinkP stated above.

$ occ files:scan --help
Description:
  Scans the filesystem for changes and updates the file cache accordingly.

Usage:
  files:scan [options] [--] [<user_id>...]

Arguments:
  user_id                Will rescan all files of the given user(s).

Options:
      --output[=OUTPUT]  The output format to use (plain, json or json_pretty). [default: "plain"]
  -p, --path=PATH        Limit rescan to this path, e.g., --path="/alice/files/Music", the user_id is determined by the path and the user_id parameter and --all are ignored.
      --group=GROUP      Scan user(s) under the group(s). This option can be used as --group=foo --group=bar to scan groups foo and bar (multiple values allowed)
  -g, --groups=GROUPS    Scan user(s) under the group(s). This option can be used as --groups=foo,bar to scan groups foo and bar
  -q, --quiet            Do not output any message
      --all              Will rescan all files of all known users.
      --repair           Will repair detached filecache entries (slow).
      --unscanned        Only scan files which are marked as not fully scanned.
  -h, --help             Display this help message
  -V, --version          Display this application version
      --ansi             Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi          Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction   Do not ask any interactive question
      --no-warnings      Skip global warnings, show command output only
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose   Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
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