Ignore files on server side

[kurtgeebelen]

Hi all,

I have some folders that I have on my ownCloud via SMB. Scattered throughout these folders are subfolders that are needed on the server (all called .metadata), but that I don't want to sync to other machines, or even show up in the web client.

I have found that for the reversed problem where a client creates those type of files that you don't want to sync, you can put it in sync-exclude.lst, but not something the other way around.

Would this in any way be possible? E.g. a similar sync-exclude.lst that the admin can fill in, such that those files are ignored on the server side?

[RuudschMaHinda]

I second that idea, since it is exactly what I need in a heterogenous environment where every Mac creates a ._* and .DS_Store* which has the Windows-Users all confused and sometimes opening the wrong documents.
This would make my job a lot easier if I could just implement ignoring these kind of files on the server side.

[gsosna]

+1
Using foldersync on Android it creates temporary file for the duration of upload with extension .tacitpart.~3eb5
It'd be awesome if I could prevent the server from synching the files to the clients.

[justmiles]

Adding my +1
I'm surprised there hasn't been more demand for this. Is there a workaround?

[ghost]

Just to have a context why this was closed:

A new app is now providing this functionality: https://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/files_filter?content=174667

[fduraibi]

@RealRancor The app doesn't solve the problem the OP is talking about. I have never needed to exclude by file type, I always exclude by file/ext names like *.tmp .git *-debug ....etc just like sync-exclude.lst but I want that at the server level. My server is full of these files that were synced by clients that are missing the exclude rules or where synced before I added the rule.

I would love to have a server exclude list that will update the clients and also delete previously synced files/folders that matched the exclude list.

[ghost]

@fduraibi Have a look at https://github.com/musaa32/files_filter/issues/6

[fduraibi]

@RealRancor That is just a request from a user and it is not implemented. The way that filter works is different from what we are asking for. The app deletes the files from the server after getting synced. I don't want the file to be synced to begin with.

Just like how you can add patterns to the client "Ignored files" there should be an option to allow the user to sync that list (or some of it, like a check box for each element) to the server to be populated to the other clients for the same user.

[ghost]

If you think this is something which should be included in core just create a new feature request specifying your requirements. It seems you have currently different requirements as the OP. Maybe some one will pick it up

[ghost]

Maybe one of those still open feature requests are already matching your requirements:

#19385, #22607

[RuudschMaHinda]

@fduraibi just add this to your config.php of your owncloud server installation
you can add any more number of files like this. I just chose those nasty tmp files from the mac users

'blacklisted_files' =>
  array (
    0 => '._*',
    1 => '.DS_Store',
    2 => '.DS_STORE',
    3 => '.ds_store',
  ),

et voilà, those files and all files starting with ._ never even get uploaded.
this information is readily available in the documentation, just as it says in the reason for what this was closed for.

[bonanza123]

@RuudschMaHinda I added

  'blacklisted_files' =>
  array (
    0 => '._*',
    1 => '.DS_Store',
    2 => '.DS_STORE',
    3 => '.ds_store',
    4 => '.log',
    5 => '.bbl',
    6 => '.out',
    7 => '.blg',
    8 => '.aux',
  ),

to my /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php. Deleted some .log files via webinterface and then added some via the owncloud client and they are still being uploaded. Am I doing something wrong?

[RuudschMaHinda]

Yes, you are doing something wrong:
you exclude files that are solely named .log that means any file that is named abc.log will get uploaded. if you want all files ending in .log not be uploaded you should name it *.log
(see filename character placeholders)
so in your case, you want to do this:

  'blacklisted_files' =>
  array (
    0 => '._*',
    1 => '.DS_Store',
    2 => '.DS_STORE',
    3 => '.ds_store',
    4 => '*.log',
    5 => '*.bbl',
    6 => '*.out',
    7 => '*.blg',
    8 => '*.aux',
  ),

there is no ' * ' before the .ds_store files, because that is their actual filename in my example and the '._*' stop any file that starts with '._abc' to not get uploaded, again the asterisk meaning 'whatever comes here is valid'
I hope I could help

[kiu-ball]

@RuudschMaHinda

This does not work. Looks like wildcards are not supported at this point.

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