SyncThing, A New Contender to Sync Folders & Files

[ekianjo]

Here's a quick tutorial on how to setup and use SyncThing on your Pandora with another device - Syncthing is a decentralized Dropbox alternative. Check it out in case you want to keep folder and files synchronized between devices!



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[dimag0g]

Does it have ignore lists and diff sync yet?

 

[ekianjo]

Does it have ignore lists and diff sync yet?

Not sure, it's still in alpha, and I have not kept up with its latest features - you should check their github page.

 

[crosspoint]

I can't get Syncthing to work because of "bytes field exceeds size limit". I am also not able to update Syncthing via browser interface: "Automatic upgrade: couldn't fetch release information"...

Any help?

Maybe someone can make a pnd with the latest release...?

 

[ekianjo]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think. 

 

[thatgui]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think. 

Hmm, I remember no problems with keeping a folder in sync on a Windows 7 PC with a FAT32 parititon. But maybe that changed, updates are rather frequent, and I changed to seafile half a year ago (downside:  no official ARM-Linux client).

 

[ekianjo]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think. 

Hmm, I remember no problems with keeping a folder in sync on a Windows 7 PC with a FAT32 parititon. But maybe that changed, updates are rather frequent, and I changed to seafile half a year ago (downside:  no official ARM-Linux client).

I'm obviously talking about the Pandora here, not what runs on Windows PC.

 

[thatgui]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think. 

Hmm, I remember no problems with keeping a folder in sync on a Windows 7 PC with a FAT32 parititon. But maybe that changed, updates are rather frequent, and I changed to seafile half a year ago (downside:  no official ARM-Linux client).

I'm obviously talking about the Pandora here, not what runs on Windows PC.

I know, thats why I put the system config as reference in

 

[crosspoint]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think.

Yes. On FAT32 it refused to work, but on my ext2 sd card it booted normally. So I set everything up on my Pandora and my computer. But when I try to connect the folders on both machines Syncthing gives me the above error message.

 

[ekianjo]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think.

Yes. On FAT32 it refused to work, but on my ext2 sd card it booted normally. So I set everything up on my Pandora and my computer. But when I try to connect the folders on both machines Syncthing gives me the above error message.

Did you check if syncthing is at the same version on both computers?

 

[carpman]

If you are trying to sync FAT you need to check the box for Ignore Premissions on the folder settings dialog. I'm syncing folders with syncthing to my fat32 card with no problems that way.

 

[crosspoint]

Are you using a ext2 file system ? Syncthing does not work for FAT32 I think.

Yes. On FAT32 it refused to work, but on my ext2 sd card it booted normally. So I set everything up on my Pandora and my computer. But when I try to connect the folders on both machines Syncthing gives me the above error message.

Did you check if syncthing is at the same version on both computers?

Damn it, this did the trick! Thanks!

 

[danielo515]

If you are trying to sync FAT you need to check the box for Ignore Premissions on the folder settings dialog. I'm syncing folders with syncthing to my fat32 card with no problems that way.

 

That should be stated on the application description! Thank you.

 

[gunrock]

Any chance we can get a new build of this, maybe from our prolific porting overlord @ptitSeb ?

 

[ptitSeb]

The link on 1st post is not correct anymore, @ekianjo you should fix it.

Correct link is now: https://www.giantpockets.com/syncthing-new-contender-sync-folders/

@gunrock : Can you ask the original maintenair to update it (via the repo for example). And if you have no anwser, I'll look at it (but that will be a different package in that case).

 

[levi]

I assume that last reference should have been @gunrock, not a user who hasn't been online for over 6 months now, and wasn't particularly asking for a new build.

 

[ptitSeb]

Ah yes, oops! I'll fix my post