Remote change discarded - not in --single-directory sync scope (not in DB)

[bobmclane]

Hi
I am trying to sync 1 folder from opt/onedrive/folder1 which I can do successfully using upload-only, however I would like to sync both ways however I get the message "Remote change discarded - not in --single-directory sync scope (not in DB)" (is in verbose but I assume this is checking every file/folder even if I exclude them in the sync_lists file.. is this correct?
If so is there a way to get it to sync both ways but exclude everything else from a download of folder1 from OneDrive without it going thru every file to check/exclude it?

Thanks
Bob.!

[abraunegg]

@bobmclane
Please read the usage document in regard to utilising the --single-directory option and do not use 'sync_list'

[abraunegg]

@bobmclane

So I think I have it working but if I have TB's of data in OneDrive and my "folder1" is in the root along with other files and folders in the root if I perform a --single-directory sync on "folder1" is it still checking every other file/folder in my OneDrive as it seems so?

The OneDrive API still sends all changes that you have made online (via the web interface, via other means). The --single-directory directive then filters out changes that are not in scope based on your application command request. You cannot tell the API to just send me these changes - it has to be done client side.

Also will it do this every time as this could take me ages to download / upload minor changes either locally or within the cloud...

If you are using --resync or using 'sync_list' then yes. If not using either of these two, the first sync will setup a delta call, thus subsequent calls to the OneDrive API will be quicker.

If so is there a switch or can I request a feature change for a switch like --ignore-otherdirectories or similar ?

This is what --single-directory does .. it ignores / filters out non-desired changes on OneDrive

[bobmclane]

@abraunegg - Hi is there any answer for the above? If I leave it running a delta sync it will take seconds to upload the test docs I have in there but around 30 mins to download a test doc from OneDrive so I presume its scanning everything for changes even though I explicitly name just "folder1", is there a way to avoid this?
Thanks
Bob

[bobmclane]

Sorry ignore this last question, didnt see the reply was hidden...
So I'm not running a re-sync and removed the sync_list but each time it still takes 30 mins just using this command -
onedrive --synchronize --single-directory 'folder1'
So are you saying that if other changes are occurring in other directories on OneDrive (from other machines) that even though we explicitly just specify "folder1" it will go thru all those changes anyway but just ignore synching them?

Thanks for all the help!
Cheers
Bob

[abraunegg]

This is because you are using the --synchronize command.

If you have a constant sync running with --monitor, the experience will be different because the delta position will be retained and used.

What you are currently doing is a 1 time sync, which, checks things then next time starts from scratch again.

[bobmclane]

Ah awesome thats working perfectly I'll set that up as a service... Thanks for all your help @abraunegg nice to have a OneDrive app on my Linux systems as well as Windows 👍
Regards
Bob