nextcloud-desktop/doc/usage.rst

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 On Windows, it can be found in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ownCloud\owncloud.cfg .. todo:: 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.

Note

Changes may be overwritten by using ownCloud's configuration dialog.

These are config settings that may be changed:

Setting	Data Type	Unit	Default	Description
remotePollinterval	integer	milliseconds	30000	Poll time for the remote repository
maxLogLines	integer	lines	20000	Maximum count of log lines shown in the log window

• remotePollinterval The frequency used for polling for remote changes on the ownCloud Server.