Hi Chris, Currently the sync client ignores hard links and symlinks, so these files/folders will be left untouched/unsynced.
The way I do it is the reverse: For example I store wallpapers in /home/vincent/ownCloud/pics/wallpapers And I symlink ln -s ownCloud/pics/wallpapers $HOME/Documents This way inside $HOME/Documents I have a symlink that points inside the ownCloud folder, and these files are synced properly. Hope this helps. Cheers, Vincent On 10/23/2014 11:33 AM, Chris Green wrote: > What does Owncloud's file synchronisation do with symbolic links? > > For example I want to synchronise a couple of directories between > computers that are already there and arranged the way I want them. > > So I set up file synchronisation between two (newly created) > directories as follows:- > > Computer 1 /home/chris/owncloud > Computer 2 /home/cgreen/owncloud > > These are both owncloud clients connecting to the same server. > > Obviusly files and subdirectories actually in /home/chris/owncloud > will get synchronised, but what about symbolic links I place there? > What I *actually* want to synchronise are existing directory > hierarchies such as:- > > ~/books > ~/pictures > ~/music > > If I put symbolic links to these in /home/chris/owncloud will it work > or will it just copy the symbolic link rather than what it points at? > I suspect it's not going to work as I want. > > > Given that I want to synchronise a number of existing directory > hierarchies is there any sensible way to do it with Owncloud's file > synchronisation? I don't want to move the directories, they're in the > 'right' place already. > > _______________________________________________ User mailing list User@owncloud.org http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/user
