Fwd: File synchronization plugin idea

[Viktor Porvaznik]

Hello,

Some days already passed and no word on the topic yet, so I am not sure
whether it got forgotten or ... Also not sure whether it is a good idea to
send a reminder like this but ...

Anyway on the topic I have also checked task list in phabricator and
identified *T4675 - Implement a scheduling of sending files* as one that
could be solved together with an implementation of this plugin.

-Viktor

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Viktor Porvaznik <viktor.porvaznik at gmail.com>
Date: lun., 14 ene. 2019 a las 17:19
Subject: Re: File synchronization plugin idea
To: <kdeconnect at kde.org>


Hi,

So I finally managed to finish the file sync plugin so I you can see what I
mean.

The prototype is at https://github.com/porvik/kdeconnect-kde/tree/sync

Of course there is still a lot of stuff to fix / implement e.g.:
* proper plugin level configuration - files, logs, mount paths etc
* unidirectional sync
* more safety checks (paths, existing folders, validations)
* asynchronous copy / script execution
* Android notifications and the actual app
* etc.

I you plan to run it probably need to edit common.h general section, i.e.
mount root, etc.
and to actually run it just send a ping from the android (app is missing
still).

Said all that, my idea is not to replace any full fledged sync SW but
rather to make it an extra feature with limited but features. I also
checked the existing code (
https://cgit.kde.org/kdeconnect-kde.git/log/?h=filesync) and the main
difference is that data is transferred as a network packet payload unlike
me, since I have static configuration and I use SFTP plugin.

Also about the "File access" I am not sure I know what it means so ..?

Please tell me what you think and explain if the "File access" if possible.

Thank you,
BR,
Viktor

El vie., 21 dic. 2018 a las 10:46, <kdeconnect-request at kde.org> escribió:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Avamander <avamander at gmail.com>
> To: kdeconnect at kde.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:46:15 +0200
> Subject: Re: File synchronization plugin idea
> I think there are better file synchronization software out there than KDE
> Connect ever could be, it's simply just a lot of work, take a look at
> Syncthing if you need something free. File access is another topic though
> (really appreciate that feature).
>
>
>
>
> Avamander
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:39 AM Nicolas Fella <feeenico at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> file syncing is something that has been requested several times and it
>> would allow some nice use cases. There is some old work on it on the
>> desktop side (https://cgit.kde.org/kdeconnect-kde.git/log/?h=filesync)
>> but there is no code for Android yet. I also had the idea of leveraging the
>> SFTP plugin for it, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea since it's a bit
>> unstable.
>>
>> If you have some PoC code please share it with us so we can discuss it
>> further.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Nico
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 16:04 Viktor Porvaznik <viktor.porvaznik at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using kdeconnect on openSUSE and find it very useful app. I have
>>> following two use cases that I have solved but I was wondering about more
>>> elegant solution (and if it would be worth it).
>>>
>>> First I have an encrypted pw safe data (and possibly some other private
>>> data) that I have on my phone, desktop, laptop. Once in a while when I
>>> create new entry or edit an existing one I update the pw safe db and I need
>>> to copy that manually between all devices. Depending on a frequency that
>>> might be quite often. For security reasons I dont use cloud and everything
>>> is offline only copied over USB or private wifi. To facilitate I was
>>> thinking to make shell scripts that will do the job and use it trough
>>> execute command plugin but I find that very specific to the problem.
>>>
>>> Second use case would be photos. I am often taking photos (even have
>>> private cloud backup) but I would like to have all photos downloaded /
>>> synchronized to set folder on my pc, and even possibly to execute some post
>>> copy - processing shell scripts once all photos are downloaded e.g.
>>> conversion of photos, resize, upload to gallery.
>>>
>>> I was thinking to write stuff just for myself (or just keep it as shell
>>> scripts) but then I was wondering whether it would be maybe a good idea to
>>> make it more generic? I was considering to implement it a plugin. The issue
>>> is that tt would be depending on sftp plugin which creates dependency not
>>> only on a base app.
>>>
>>> I would have an initial idea (even have a crude prototype) and I have
>>> some more technical questions if it turns out to be a good idea. I am new
>>> to D-Bus stuff and I find it pretty interesting, so please any comments are
>>> welcome.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> BR,
>>> Viktor
>>>
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