/onedrive

Free Client for OneDrive on Linux

Primary LanguageDGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

OneDrive Free Client

Features:

  • State caching
  • Real-Time file monitoring with Inotify
  • Resumable uploads

What's missing:

  • OneDrive for business is not supported
  • While local changes are uploaded right away, remote changes are delayed.
  • No GUI

Dependencies

Dependencies: Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install libcurl-dev
sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev
sudo wget http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/d-apt/files/d-apt.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/d-apt.list
wget -qO - http://dlang.org/d-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dmd-bin

Installation

git clone git@github.com:skilion/onedrive.git
cd onedrive
make
sudo make install

Configuration:

You should copy the default config file into your home directory before making changes:

mkdir -p ~/.config/onedrive
cp /usr/local/etc/onedrive.conf ~/.config/onedrive/config

Available options:

  • client_id: application identifier necessary for the authentication
  • sync_dir: directory where the files will be synced
  • skip_file: any files that match this pattern will be skipped during sync
  • skip_dir: any directories that match this pattern will be skipped during sync

Pattern are case insensitive. * and ? wildcards characters are supported. Use | to separate multiple patterns.

First run

The first time you run the program you will be asked to sign in. The procedure requires a web browser.

Service

If you want to sync your files automatically, enable and start the systemd service:

systemctl --user enable onedrive
systemctl --user start onedrive

To see the logs run:

journalctl --user-unit onedrive -f

Usage:

onedrive [OPTION]...

no option    Sync and exit.
-m --monitor Keep monitoring for local and remote changes.
	--resync Forget the last saved state, perform a full sync.
-v --verbose Print more details, useful for debugging.
-h    --help This help information.

Notes:

  • After changing the filters (skip_file or skip_dir in your configs) you must execute onedrive --resync
  • Windows naming conventions apply
  • Use make debug to generate an executable for debugging