Automatically syncs to onedrive?

[LaugeSvan]

If I make changes on my Feren OS machine, will those changes be reflected on onedrive if i use monitor?
So I have a file on onedrive, done.txt. If I add some lines with text, will it then auto update?

[abraunegg]

@LaugeSvan

If I make changes on my Feren OS machine, will those changes be reflected on onedrive if i use monitor?

That is the whole point of --monitor to monitor your local filesystem via inotify watches, and watch for local change, then upload that change to Microsoft OneDrive.

To run this automatically in the background, you need to use a systemd service.

So I have a file on onedrive, done.txt. If I add some lines with text, will it then auto update?

If you update the file online, this will be downloaded in one of the following scenarios:

1. At the next sync cycle (a 5 min cycle window)
2. Automatically based on Microsoft OneDrive pushing an event to the client you are running

Feren OS

As this is a Ubuntu based distribution - you are potentially going to run into some issues that are fairly easy to solve:

1. The version of 'curl' that Ubuntu uses / distributes has major bugs, which are fixed in later versions of 'curl' and 'libcurl', however due to Ubuntu's lethargic packaging policies, your chosen distribution will be impacted by the use of older versions of software that this client depends upon. To resolve this, please read How to upgrade of 'curl' package on Debian and Ubuntu systems to fix HTTP/2 bugs #2997
2. The version of 'curl' needs to be 7.86.0 or newer to enable the automatic checking of online changes, rather than waiting for the next sync cycle to occur. If you resolve point 1 above, you will be using a supported curl version for this feature and capability. You need to be using client version 2.5.8 or above for this capability.
3. As your chosen platform is based on Ubuntu, please install the client the correct way for Ubuntu based applications - please read: https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/ubuntu-package-install.md - if you resolve point 2 and install the client as per this advice, then you will be operational without issue.

If all of this sounds to difficult, your options are:

1. Use a better distribution such as one that is not based on Ubuntu. Debian 13 or Linux Mint Debian Edition would be a starting point, before looking at other distributions such as Fedora, Manjaro, Arch, Gentoo and OpenSuSE.
2. Complain to your distribution to provide you with up-to-date packages