Local file manipulation #205
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What happens when files and folders are modified, added, removed, or moved locally? Can OxiCloud handle this, or is the file system monitored? |
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OxiCloud runs a file‑system watcher by default - on Linux it uses inotify via the fsnotify package, on macOS FSEvents, and on Windows ReadDirectoryChangesW. When you modify, add, remove, or move a file/folder locally, the watcher emits an event, OxiCloud debounces rapid changes (default 500 ms), translates a move into a delete‑then‑add pair, and queues the corresponding upload/download or metadata update. If the watcher fails (e.g., on some network FS), it falls back to a periodic poll every 30 s, which you can adjust with the |
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Perfect, thanks for the reply. |
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OxiCloud runs a file‑system watcher by default - on Linux it uses inotify via the fsnotify package, on macOS FSEvents, and on Windows ReadDirectoryChangesW. When you modify, add, remove, or move a file/folder locally, the watcher emits an event, OxiCloud debounces rapid changes (default 500 ms), translates a move into a delete‑then‑add pair, and queues the corresponding upload/download or metadata update. If the watcher fails (e.g., on some network FS), it falls back to a periodic poll every 30 s, which you can adjust with the
poll_intervalsetting in~/.oxicloud/config.yaml.