Is there a way to view remote folders and files without syncing them to the locale device (on linux)? Ubuntu 18.04 KDE 5.12
Adding the google drive account in KDE doesn’t sync (i.e. download TO the device) but you can see what the remote folders/files are.
Is there a way to do this for ownCloud?
opened 04:45PM - 08 Jan 16 UTC
closed 11:43AM - 08 Aug 19 UTC
ReadyToTest
research
p2-high
feature:vfs
This is a research task, to look into and define what it would take to make this… happen. Basic user story looks like this:
As a user, I want to see all of my files on my desktop, regardless of if they have synced or not so that I can access my files at any time, from anywhere.
Acceptance Criteria:
- A threshold can be set for the "cache" that is allowed on the desktop
- Favorites are synced automatically with the client.
- The most recently accessed files are synced until the cache is full, then files are removed from the local device.
- If favorites are bigger than the cache, only the recently accessed favorites are kept
And much more.
@karlitschek @dragotin @danimo for your continued discussion and additional requirements.
I guess it is what you looking for, Virtual Filesystem is a planning feature but not implemented yet. Don’t hesitate to join discussions on GitHub.
Isn’t this already possible via a WebDAV client?
That’s exactly it! Even the problem case which I want to solve is there! I guess I’ll wait. Thanks!
I don’t know how to do this.
As far as I know, it is not possible. I also remember a discussion section for VFS in ownCloud 2017 conference. Still it is a research topic.
A search like ownCloud Documentation Overview has lead me to the following available documentation:
which seems to contain some info how to list or access files without syncing them to the client.
guruz
August 7, 2019, 2:38pm
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If you don’t want to do a WebDAV mount, there is now also a VFS mode in the ownCloud client where you can keep a file ‘offline’ until you explicitely download it with double click.
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