From 01c68e817b06245fa7e2c3781f0b9c21807a2327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Mayorov Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:45:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added known limitation for sync fixes https://github.com/owncloud/docs/issues/365 --- modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc b/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc index 8dbea4b661..7d9edf430b 100644 --- a/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc +++ b/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc @@ -28,3 +28,15 @@ See xref:configuration/user/reset_admin_password.adoc[the reset admin password d A Federated System is another ownCloud or https://oc.owncloud.com/opencloudmesh.html[OpenCloudMesh] supporting cloud service. + +== Platform-wide known limitations, excluded files + +There are known file names that can not be synched with ownCloud + +- Folder or file with a space at the end (trailing spaces) +- .htaccess +- `*.part` files +- too long filenames (more than 253 characters) +- https://github.com/owncloud/client/blob/master/sync-exclude.lst[client/sync-exclude list] +- Desktop.ini in root +- Files with leading dot (example `.12345.pdf`) are handled as hidden files on all plattforms. (user need to activate "sync hidden files" to sync them) From 7e4807ca744d3abbe841c463e0d4a7519eab9c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Setter Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:19:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Minor simplification and grammar corrections to the excluded files list --- modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc b/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc index 7d9edf430b..7701f3e26a 100644 --- a/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc +++ b/modules/admin_manual/pages/faq/index.adoc @@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ supporting cloud service. == Platform-wide known limitations, excluded files -There are known file names that can not be synched with ownCloud - -- Folder or file with a space at the end (trailing spaces) -- .htaccess -- `*.part` files -- too long filenames (more than 253 characters) -- https://github.com/owncloud/client/blob/master/sync-exclude.lst[client/sync-exclude list] -- Desktop.ini in root -- Files with leading dot (example `.12345.pdf`) are handled as hidden files on all plattforms. (user need to activate "sync hidden files" to sync them) +There are known file names that can not be synced with ownCloud, these are: + +* Folders and files with a trailing space. +* .htaccess. +* `*.part` files. +* File names that exceed 253 characters. +* https://github.com/owncloud/client/blob/master/sync*exclude.lst[client/sync*exclude list]. +* Desktop.ini in the root directory. +* UNIX/Linux hidden files (files whose names have a leading dot, e.g., `.12345.pdf`). + Users must activate "_sync hidden files_" to sync them.