Is there an easy way to get the owncloud folder renamed to nextcloud without destroying everything? The main goal should be that the client does not redownload all the data stored in the folder owncloud/data. secons question is: Is it a good idea to move the data folder out of the …cloud folder? an…

Not all path’s in the database are relative to the /owncloud/ directory. Some have /owncloud/ in their path. oc_activity oc_cards oc_contacts_cards oc_contacts_cards_properties oc_news_items oc_properties oc_storages so just copying data to a new nextcloud directory and restoring the database sh…

I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads-up @Soko

After renaming the owncloud directory to nextcloud and changing the config.php accordingly my installation still works as expected. I don’t know how this affects something. I have for example under oc_storages: local::/var/www/localhost/htdocs/owncloud/data/ but can still access my files.

[image] groovy: but can still access my files. These are experiments, I wouldn’t dare to try on a productive system… Btw: What’s the benefit of changing the foldername from owncloud to nextcloud?

[image] Soko: These are experiments, I wouldn’t dare to try on a productive system… I agree, but I tried this on a test system. [image] Soko: Btw: What’s the benefit of changing the foldername from owncloud to nextcloud? Well, for me it’s simply an aesthetic benefit. It’s nextcloud, s…

Hi, I thought the same. Nextcloud should be Nextcloud … [image] Migrate existing clients to the new URL the smooth-way ℹ️ Support Hi there, I just upgraded my ownCloud instance to nextcould. Everything is fine. Just one question … If I want to change my URL from https…

[image] Soko: Btw: What’s the benefit of changing the foldername from owncloud to nextcloud? And as I’m on gentoo and gentoo installs web-applications and updates in directories according to the name of the application, I had to rename it anyway :slight_smile:

I renamed my folder and update its data path, it’s working fine.

i renamed it as well. works for me

[image] tx7: I renamed my folder and update its data path, it’s working fine. Doesn’t mean that you can’t get problems later: Add documentation showing how to move a data directory opened 04:47PM - 23 Mar 16 UTC (UTC) …

Howto change the folder "owncloud" to "nextcloud" after upgrading?

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guddl June 16, 2016, 4:10pm 9

Hi,

I thought the same. Nextcloud should be Nextcloud …

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Andreas