Nextcloud app: copy files to NC, not sync back

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Hey folks,

my first post in this forum. And English is not my native language, so I missed something while searching. So be patient…

I’m using the Linux Nextcloud app 3.15 to sync my files to my self-hosted NC.
I don’t want to use WebDAV to copy files from the PC to the NC. So I tried the NC app. But I only want to copy my files in the background, not the feature of syncing back. So when I delete a file or folder on my PC, I don’t want to delete it on the NC. There the file or folder should stay.

Is this possible by the app? How do I have to set this up.

If it is not possible, how would anyone solve this?

Thank you
Jo

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I don’t want to use WebDAV to copy files from the PC to the NC.

Any particular reason why? The sync client itself uses WebDAV.

Is this possible by the app? How do I have to set this up.

Not currently. The Desktop app is a two-way sync client.

If it is not possible, how would anyone solve this?

I would use either WebDAV (via curl and some scripting) or via a WebDAV client (such as Cyberduck CLI, rclone, or dav2fs).

FYI - There’s a tracker for a enhancement request here in the Desktop client itself, which you might want to vote on/subscribe to.

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You can use the virtual file sync, then copy a folder into the sync folder. It will then upload the files and when they are not used locally, the client will free the memory and just downloads the content on demand.

Or without the VFS, upload the folder, then go to the settings, and un-select this specific folder from being synced.

It’s not exactly the same. Why not using webdav if you just want to upload things?