[solved] Error splicing file: Illegal seek (rclone)

[AlGeorge]

Hi Im not using the client, but rclone/webdav/Ubuntu.
I realise there are clients for Ubuntu, but rclone works fine with other remotes like Gdrive Mega etc.
Files are downloadable, its just when I drop a file to the Owncloud rclone directory even a small 6Mb file it fails. If the file is less than a meg it works.
My instantiation is :
/usr/bin/rclone mount Owncloud: --allow-non-empty /home/alistair/OnlineDrives/Owncloud

Self answer: --allow-non-empty is superflous. Change to:
/usr/bin/rclone mount Owncloud: --vfs-cache-mode writes /home/alistair/OnlineDrives/Owncloud &

[eneubauer]

I’m confused about your post. So when you ran rclone like so:

/usr/bin/rclone mount Owncloud: --allow-non-empty /home/alistair/OnlineDrives/Owncloud

You received an error message:

Error splicing file: Illegal seek

And you solved it by running rclone like so:

/usr/bin/rclone mount Owncloud: --vfs-cache-mode writes /home/alistair/OnlineDrives/Owncloud &

Correct?

[AlGeorge]

Sorry for confusion; yes, you are exactly right.

[AlGeorge]

Im still having problems with rclone or owncloud; the call as I suggested:

/usr/bin/rclone mount Owncloud: --vfs-cache-mode writes /home/me/OnlineDrives/Owncloud

Seems that some apps like Skrooge accounting dont like this transport as I get lock-ups regularly. Direct file copy and download seem to be OK.
Any comments appreciated. Al.

[eneubauer]

Without a specific error message and where exactly you are getting it, it will be very hard to help you any further.

[AlGeorge]

Absolutely; but sadly new users like me cant put more than 2 links in a post and of course the logfile has more.