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Usage
usage, client sync usage
To start ownCloud Client, click on the desktop icon or start it from the application menu. In the system tray, an ownCloud icon appears.
start application
A left click on the tray icon open a status dialog which gives an overview on the configured sync folders and allows to add and remove more sync folder connections as well as pausing a sync connection.
A right click on the tray icon gives other configuration options.
Command line switches
command line switches, command line, options, parameters
ownCloud Client supports the following command line switches:
+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
+ Switch | Action |
+==========================+================================================+
| --logwindow | open a window to show log output at
startup. |
+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| --logfile <filename> | write log output to file . |
+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| --flushlog | flush the log file after every write. |
+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
Config File
config file
ownCloud Client reads a configuration file which on Linux can be
found at $HOME/.local/share/data/ownCloud/owncloud.cfg ..
todo:: Windows, Mac? It contains settings in the ini file format known
from Windows.
Note
Changes here should be done carefully as wrong settings can cause disfunctionality.
These are config settings that may be changed:
+---------------------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ Setting | Data Type | Unit | Default | Description |
+===========================+===========+==============+===========+=====================================================+
| remotePollinterval | integer | milliseconds |
30000 | Poll time for the remote repository |
+---------------------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| localPollinterval | integer | milliseconds |
10000 | Poll time for local repository |
+---------------------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| PollTimerExceedFactor | integer | n/a | 10 |
Poll Timer Exceed Factor |
+---------------------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| maxLogLines | integer | lines | 20000 |
Maximum count of log lines shown in the log window |
+---------------------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------+
remotePollintervalis for systems which have notify for local file system changes (Linux only currently) this is the frequency it polls for remote changes. The following two values are ignored.localPollintervalis for systems which poll the local file system (currently Win and Mac) this is the frequency they poll locally. TheremotePollIntervalis ignored on these systems.PollTimerExceedFactorsets the exceed factor is the factor after which a remote poll is done. That means the effective frequency for remote poll islocalPollInterval * pollTimerExceedFactor.