Using the client on WSL and syncing automatically

[D6ft]

Hi, I'm using Ubuntu 24.04.1 on WSL.
I have to access some files on both Windows and Linux so that's the reason I began to use Onedrive (I use 2 computers).

Until recently I used the 'official' client, all worked well, files were shared on my Onedrive on my Linux (with WSL) and my Windows but I had to change the client because I had a message telling me and I ended up with the one on this Github.

I followed all the steps, it seems my Onedrive is well connected but I'm not sure (I'm not a Linuw specialist too), I can test things if you want.

Problem is my files are not shared on the cloud, but just locally. I tried the command onedrive --sync but my Onedrive is very heavy with videos and I don't need them to be sync. I found the option --single-directory 'my_direc', it worked with a good internet connection.

New problem : it seems the files are not synced automatically, it is rather boring to type onedrive --sync--single-directory each time I need it and I can forget to do it too... So I looked for a way to do it automatically and i found the command systemctl --user enable onedrive but it don't seems to work.

So my questions are :

1. Did the client is well installed ?
2. How can I sync files on Onedrive each time I launch or close WSL ?

Sorry if my post is long or if the answer already exists here, but I looked a long time and I'm quite desperate.
I don't know what information you will need to check if I did things right so feel free to tell me.

[abraunegg]

@D6ft
There are a number of things here to unpack.

1. When using a systemd service, the application uses --monitor .. so it is constantly monitoring your local filesystem and online for changes.
2. The default systemd service does not use --single-directory ... whilst it is possible to use, you must manually configure the system service to do this, otherwise all of your data will be uploaded / downloaded ...
3. A better approach than using --single-directory is to configure a 'sync_list' file containing the directory you wish to sync. This then will operate without the need to use --single-directory and operate in a much more friendly manner between --sync and --monitor modes.

So I looked for a way to do it automatically and i found the command systemctl --user enable onedrive but it don't seems to work.

WSL supposedly supports systemd .. I dont use WSL myself so I cannot verify. Did you start the service?

If you did not start the service, I would disable the systemd service you setup until you have read through the above points and all the relevant documentation, and configure the client for your use case correctly. Please read:

• https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/usage.md
• https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/advanced-usage.md
• https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/client-architecture.md
• https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/application-config-options.md