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?

Virtual Filesystem (VFS) opened 04:45PM - 08 Jan 16 UTC (UTC) closed 11:43AM - 08 Aug 19 UTC (UTC) [image] MTRichards Rea…

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!

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: [image] ownCloud Documentation Overview ownCloud Documentation Overview which seems to contain some info how to list or access files without syncing them to t…

View Remote Files/Folders with Syncing (on linux)?

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guruz August 7, 2019, 2:38pm 8

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.