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- | ====== Linux Cloud Tools ====== | ||
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- | ===== 1 Downloading ===== | ||
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- | Distributions can be downloaded [[https:// | ||
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- | ===== 2 Installing ===== | ||
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- | As part of the install process you will be asked to install LibFuse which is an open source library that we use to bind our Cloud API for the virtual drive. We also use other core Linux libraries so you may be asked to install these if they are not already installed. These libraries will be needed to be able to use Storage Made Easy for Linux. | ||
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- | ===== 3 Post Install ===== | ||
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- | After install you will have new icons for the Storage Made Easy Virtual Drive and also for the Storage Made Easy Sync Center. | ||
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- | ===== 4 Linux Cloud Drive mounting ===== | ||
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- | When launching the virtual drive client, you will be asked to specify:\\ \\ - Your Storage Made Easy username and login\\ \\ - A mount directory that **must actually exist** on your linux file system.\\ (The Linux convention is to use /mnt as the mount directory.)\\ \\ Once this information has been entered you can click " | ||
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- | ===== 5 After Mount ===== | ||
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- | Once the drive has been mounted you will see the SME icon in the taskbar. | ||
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- | ===== 6 Linux Cloud Drive ===== | ||
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- | The linux cloud Drive will now show on your desktop and you should be able to double click to access it. | ||
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- | ===== 7 Accessing Linux Cloud Drive ===== | ||
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- | You can navigate your files and folders from different clouds either by a GUI explorer tool or directly from the command line. Any files or folders that you drop into "My <cloud storage provider name>" | ||
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- | ===== 8 Linux Sync Centre ===== | ||
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- | The other Cloud Tool that is installed is the Linux Sync centre. Click the icon to launch the sync centre. | ||
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- | ===== 9 Linux Sync Centre Options ===== | ||
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- | The Sync Centre is a sophisticated Desktop/ | ||
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- | ===== 10 Selecting files ===== | ||
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- | After clicking to select files from the main sync centre you are able to choose which folders to select to sync. | ||
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- | ===== 11 First Sync ===== | ||
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- | On first sync you can see whether files will be synchronised up to the cloud or down to the desktop from the arrows direction. | ||
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- | ===== 12 Sync in Progress ===== | ||
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- | When the sync is occurring you are shown the progress in the status bar. | ||
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- | ===== 13 Sync Completed ===== | ||
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- | Once the sync has completed you can see visually that there is files to sync as the arrows which define whether files are to be sync'd up or down turns to a square to represent an "in sync " status\\ | ||
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- | ===== 14 Note! ===== | ||
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- | **File Sizes:**For certain providers we are unable to get the file size after the first cloud sync. This is because the Cloud Storage Providers either do not provide file sizes or they store files in internal formats so the file size is unknown. The Linux File System cannot handle zero file sizes so for files such as this they are given a special file type which is that of a web location or .webloc. These files, when you try and download or copy will launch a web browser and download the file. This will only happen once. On the first download the file size is known so the file is then accessible as normal from the Linux OS.\\ \\ **Icon Warning:** If you are in icon view rather than list view the file organiser pulls down data to build the icons. This can take longer to view the file lists until this caching is done.\\ \\ You could choose to use a file manager such as midnight commander to get around this. Please see [[http:// | ||
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