How to install OneDrive Free Client (fork) on Debian (and Ubuntu, etc.), Fedora and more For OneDrive Business or Office 365 accounts, shared folders are currently not supported. Do that by going to the OneDrive website and logging in to your account, then go to the Shared files list, right click on the folder you want to sync and then click Add to my OneDrive. You might also like: Access OneDrive From Linux Using OneDriver (GUI)Īs for shared folders, for OneDrive Personal accounts all you have to do is add them to your OneDrive. when running this tool as a service, the OneDrive Free Client monitor interval is 45 seconds, so it may take up to 45 seconds for remote changes to be synchronized to your local drive. It's also important to note that while local changes are uploaded right away to the linked Microsoft OneDrive account, remote changes are delayed until the next synchronization when using -monitor (this 'monitor' mode allows the OneDrive Free Client to continuously monitor your local file system for changes, and upload them when detected). Like the original project, the OneDrive Free Client fork doesn't have a graphical user interface so it must be used from the command line, though it does have desktop notifications that let you know about the sync status and any sync error that occurs.

Prevent major OneDrive accidental data deletion after configuration change.

Dry-run capability to test configuration changes.

SharePoint / Office 365 Shared Libraries.

Support OneDrive for Business (part of Office 365).

File upload / download validation to ensure data integrity.

The OneDrive Free Client fork is a complete tool to interact and sync OneDrive on Linux, featuring:

The original OneDrive Free Client was abandoned in the autumn of 2018, but the tool was forked a few months later under the same name, being under constant development since then. Some users might prefer keeping their OneDrive files in sync with a folder on their Linux machine (having the files on the disk after the sync is performed, allowing access even when the computer is offline), only uploading / downloading the changes instead of mounting OneDrive, and in this article we'll do just that using a fork of OneDrive Free Client. A while back I wrote about mounting OneDrive in Linux using Rclone (with both business and personal accounts support).

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