Synch isn't immediate. Should it be?

[Tony]

Hi @allen,

@allen

Does the delete behavior you describe apply only to the Desktop, as stated in the docs, or does it apply everywhere?

It applies to our desktop and agent clients. It does not apply to the web client.

@allen

How often will a refresh happen if you don’t do anything special.

odrive will perform a background remote scan to refresh all remote folders every 12 hours. A remote scan can be a very expensive and time-consuming operation, depending on how large your structure is.

@allen

Do cli commands like refresh, backup, and sync work recursively on subdirectories?

No, the commands are all localized to the specified folder or file. Just like the remote scan mentioned above, recursive actions can be very intensive and can end up triggering rate limits or other detrimental effects with the storage provider if done liberally, so that is something to keep in mind.

There is an example of a bash one-liner to perform a recursive sync on a folder here: How can I force a recursive sync (download) with the CLI?

I also have an unofficial fork of the CLI here, although I haven’t updated it in a while, so it is missing a few of the newer commands in the CLI. You can still use it for its recursive sync function, however. GitHub - amagliul/odrive-utilities: Utilities for odrive

I also wanted to note that the backup command is a pre-beta feature, so it is pretty basic in its functionality and may have some quirky behavior. More information on that here:

Odrive CLI backup

Hi @aodocs-storage, Here are a couple of relvant posts on the CLI backup feature: As said above, its an early beta of backup functionality, so its pretty bare-bones. There is a log for backup in ~/.odrive-agent/log/backup.log and the status CLI command will give some basic overview info, like if the backup is running.