On 20.01.2011, at 23:08, Rob Hoelz wrote: > Hello! > > I recently heard about OwnCloud, and I'd like to start using it as a > replacement for Dropbox. Obviously, this functionality isn't there > yet, but I was hoping to contribute in that area. What kind of work > has been done for Dropbox-like syncing? Are there notes on how the > OwnCloud team plans on going about this? > > Thanks, > Rob
The, not yet implemented, plan is to have commandline syncing client with an optional GUI. The client should: 1. read a configuration file so see which folders to sync and which owncloud server to use. 2. mount the owncloud server via fuse or a different tool into a hidden directory. 3. call a syncing tool like csync to sync between the local directory and the mounted directory 4. unmount owncloud 5. write a log-file about the synced files and potential conflicts which the user has to solve. The client should be as portable as possible of course. That´s the basic idea. It would be cool if you could help to implement something like this. Cheers Frank -- Frank Karlitschek [email protected] _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
