nextcloud-desktop/doc/usage.rst
Daniel Molkentin 5e3f2cf25a Remove legacy configuration options.
They were not used anyway.
2013-01-16 18:03:40 +01:00

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Usage
=====
.. index:: 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.
.. index:: 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
---------------------
.. index:: 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
-----------
.. index:: 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 ``\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\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.
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.