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The nextCloud Client is a file synchronization desktop utility. It synchronizes files on your local
computer, tablet, or handheld device with an nextCloud Server. If you make a change to the files on one
device, the change is propagated to all other synchronized devices using the desktop synchronization
clients.
Normally, you start the client by clicking on the desktop icon or by starting it from the client
application menu. After starting, an nextCloud icon appears in the computer system tray or on your tablet
or handheld device.
You have the option of starting your Nextcloud desktop client with the nextcloud command. The following
options are supported:
nextcloud -h or nextcloud --help
Displays all command options.
The other options are:
--logwindow
Opens a window displaying log output.
--logfile <filename>
Write log output to the file specified. To write to stdout, specify - as the filename.
--logdir <name>
Writes each synchronization log output in a new file in the specified directory.
--logexpire <hours>
Removes logs older than the value specified (in hours). This command is used with --logdir.
--logflush
Clears (flushes) the log file after each write action.
--logdebug
Also output debug-level messages in the log (equivalent to setting the env var
QT_LOGGING_RULES="qt.*=true;*.debug=true").
--confdir <dirname>
Uses the specified configuration directory.
--background
Launch the application in the background (i.e. without opening the main dialog).
The Nextcloud Client reads a configuration file. You can locate this configuration file as follows:
On Linux distributions:
$HOME/.config/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg
On Microsoft Windows systems:
%APPDATA%\Nextcloud\nextcloud.cfg
On macOS systems:
$HOME/Library/Preferences/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg
The configuration file contains settings using the Microsoft Windows .ini file format. You can overwrite
changes using the Nextcloud configuration dialog.
NOTE:
Use caution when making changes to the Nextcloud Client configuration file. Incorrect settings can
produce unintended results.
Some interesting values that can be set on the configuration file are:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ [Nextcloud] section │ │ │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ Variable │ Default │ Meaning │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ remotePollInterval │ 30000 │ Specifies the poll time for │
│ │ │ the remote repository in │
│ │ │ milliseconds. │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ forceSyncInterval │ 7200000 │ The duration of no activity │
│ │ │ after which a │
│ │ │ synchronization run shall be │
│ │ │ triggered automatically. │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ fullLocalDiscoveryInterval │ 3600000 │ The interval after which the │
│ │ │ next synchronization will │
│ │ │ perform a full local │
│ │ │ discovery. │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ notificationRefreshInterval │ 300000 │ Specifies the default │
│ │ │ interval of checking for new │
│ │ │ server notifications in │
│ │ │ milliseconds. │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
[General] section
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Variable Default Meaning
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
chunkSize 10000000 (10 MB) Specifies the chunk size of
uploaded files in bytes.
The client will dynamically
adjust this size within the
maximum and minimum bounds
(see below).
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
minChunkSize 1000000 (1 MB) Specifies the minimum chunk
size of uploaded files in
bytes.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
maxChunkSize 1000000000 (1000 MB) Specifies the maximum chunk
size of uploaded files in
bytes.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
targetChunkUploadDuration 60000 (1 minute) Target duration in
milliseconds for chunk
uploads. The client adjusts
the chunk size until each
chunk upload takes
approximately this long.
Set to 0 to disable dynamic
chunk sizing.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
promptDeleteAllFiles true If a UI prompt should ask
for confirmation if it was
detected that all files and
folders were deleted.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
timeout 300 The timeout for network
connections in seconds.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
moveToTrash false If non-locally deleted files
should be moved to trash
instead of deleting them
completely. This option
only works on linux
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
showExperimentalOptions false Whether to show experimental
options that are still
undergoing testing in the
user interface. Turning
this on does not enable
experimental behavior on its
own. It does enable user
interface options that can
be used to opt in to
experimental features.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
showMainDialogAsNormalWindow false Whether the main dialog
should be shown as a normal
window even if tray icons
are available.
┌──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─────────────────────┼┬───────────┬─────────┼────────────────────┐ │
│ │ [Proxy] section ││ │ │ │ │
│ ├─────────────────────┼┼───────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┤ │
│ │ Variable ││ Default │ Meaning │ │ │
│ ├─────────────────────┼┼───────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┤ │
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3.11 Mar 31, 2024 NEXTCLOUD(1)