Don't delete local files

[markusbkk]

Curious. Is there an option to not sync any deletions to the local device?
I thought it would be --no-remote-delete but that's apparently something else.

I want to be able to delete files from my OneDrive without losing the locally synced copies.

[abraunegg]

@markusbkk
Thinking about this again - the option --download-only should do what you are asking .. as otherwise the option to clean up local files would not exist, which can only be uses with that option.

[markusbkk]

@markusbkk Thinking about this again - the option --download-only should do what you are asking .. as otherwise the option to clean up local files would not exist, which can only be uses with that option.

Thanks! Is it enough to stick download_only="true" into the configuration under ~/.config/onedrive/config?

EDIT: Well. Apparently not. Because it just got deleted again after I deleted things remotely.

[abraunegg]

@markusbkk

EDIT: Well. Apparently not. Because it just got deleted again after I deleted things remotely.

That is 100% odd .. did you restart the client correctly to make the option take effect?

What client version are you using? Too many folk keep using the incorrect client version.

[markusbkk]

@markusbkk

EDIT: Well. Apparently not. Because it just got deleted again after I deleted things remotely.

That is 100% odd .. did you restart the client correctly to make the option take effect?

What client version are you using? Too many folk keep using the incorrect client version.

The version in the Ubuntu repository is v2.4.13-1build1

Is that too old?

[abraunegg]

As per the readme: https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/README.md

Install the client the correct way for your Ubuntu platform. Please read https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md very carefully.

[yzgyr]

I was wondering the same thing --no-remote-delete is an --upload-only parameter. would it be possible to be added a parameter for --upload-only like --no-remote-deleted?

[abraunegg]

By default --download-only does not process online deletes .. thus no option is needed.

This is why --cleanup-local-files exists to clean up local files that are deleted online.

Please read:

• https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/onedrive-v2.5.0-release-candidate-3/docs/application-config-options.md#cleanup_local_files
• https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/onedrive-v2.5.0-release-candidate-3/docs/application-config-options.md#download_only

[abraunegg]

@markusbkk , @yzgyr

As per my testing with v2.5.0 RC3:

Delete files online

Application runtime using --download-only

alex@ubuntu-24-04:~/onedrive-pr2769$ ./onedrive -s -v --download-only
Reading configuration file: /home/alex/.config/onedrive/config
Configuration file successfully loaded
Using 'user' configuration path for application config and state data: /home/alex/.config/onedrive
Using IPv4 and IPv6 (if configured) for all network operations
Attempting to contact Microsoft OneDrive Login Service
Successfully reached Microsoft OneDrive Login Service
Checking Application Version ...
Attempting to initialise the OneDrive API ...
Configuring Global Azure AD Endpoints
The OneDrive API was initialised successfully
Opening the item database ...
Application Version:  onedrive v2.5.0-rc3-23-gb55899f
Account Type:         personal
Default Drive ID:     66d53be8a5056eca
Default Root ID:      66D53BE8A5056ECA!101
Remaining Free Space: 4.80 GB (5153960755 bytes)
Sync Engine Initialised with new Onedrive API instance
All application operations will be performed in the configured local 'sync_dir' directory: /home/alex/OneDrive
Fetching /delta response from the OneDrive API for Drive ID: 66d53be8a5056eca
Processing API Response Bundle: 1 - Quantity of 'changes|items' in this bundle to process: 8
Finished processing /delta JSON response from the OneDrive API
Processing 2 applicable changes and items received from Microsoft OneDrive
Processing OneDrive JSON item batch [1/1] to ensure consistent local state
Items to potentially delete locally: 5
Skipping local deletion activity as --download-only has been used
Skipping local deletion for file random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/file3.data
Skipping local deletion for file random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/file2.data
Skipping local deletion for file random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/file4.data
Skipping local deletion for file random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/file0.data
Skipping local deletion for file random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/file1.data
Syncing this OneDrive Personal Shared Folder: OneDrive - Constanze
Fetching /delta response from the OneDrive API for Drive ID: bc7d88ec1f539dcf
Processing API Response Bundle: 1 - Quantity of 'changes|items' in this bundle to process: 0
Finished processing /delta JSON response from the OneDrive API
No changes or items that can be applied were discovered while processing the data received from Microsoft OneDrive
Failed to fetch or interpret quota details from the API response.
Performing a database consistency and integrity check on locally stored data
Processing DB entries for this Drive ID: 66d53be8a5056eca
.........

alex@ubuntu-24-04:~/OneDrive$ ls -la random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/
total 8984
drwx------ 2 alex alex    4096 Aug  9 08:20 .
drwx------ 7 alex alex    4096 Aug  9 08:19 ..
-rw------- 1 alex alex  758144 Jun 13 05:24 file0.data
-rw------- 1 alex alex  487808 Jun 13 05:24 file1.data
-rw------- 1 alex alex 3726592 Jun 13 05:24 file2.data
-rw------- 1 alex alex 1788160 Jun 13 05:24 file3.data
-rw------- 1 alex alex 2419584 Jun 13 05:24 file4.data
alex@ubuntu-24-04:~/OneDrive$ 

Files still exist locally

Application runtime using --download-only --cleanup-local-files

Reading configuration file: /home/alex/.config/onedrive/config
Configuration file successfully loaded
Using 'user' configuration path for application config and state data: /home/alex/.config/onedrive
Using IPv4 and IPv6 (if configured) for all network operations
Attempting to contact Microsoft OneDrive Login Service
Successfully reached Microsoft OneDrive Login Service
Checking Application Version ...
Attempting to initialise the OneDrive API ...
Configuring Global Azure AD Endpoints
The OneDrive API was initialised successfully
Opening the item database ...

WARNING: Application has been configured to cleanup local files that are not present online.
WARNING: Local data loss MAY occur in this scenario if you are expecting data to remain archived locally.

Application Version:  onedrive v2.5.0-rc3-23-gb55899f
Account Type:         personal
Default Drive ID:     66d53be8a5056eca
Default Root ID:      66D53BE8A5056ECA!101
Remaining Free Space: 4.80 GB (5153960755 bytes)
Sync Engine Initialised with new Onedrive API instance
All application operations will be performed in the configured local 'sync_dir' directory: /home/alex/OneDrive
Generating a /delta response from the OneDrive API for Drive ID: 66d53be8a5056eca
Adding OneDrive folder details for processing
Adding 21 OneDrive items for processing from the OneDrive 'root' folder
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from awerqwerqwer
Adding 2 OneDrive items for processing from Bücher
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from Bücher/jkqwerhqkjfkasdfkjdsafaskjdf
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from directory_1
Adding 2 OneDrive items for processing from new_dir_test
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from new_dir_with_nosync
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from new_local_dir
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from pdf
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from pdf_nosync
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from random_50_files
Adding 51 OneDrive items for processing from random_50_files/1234nkljsdfoiuICabaksdnrtqDD
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from random_500_files
Adding 200 OneDrive items for processing from random_500_files/kjjh77RXijjhYTkjLolkPWB5JiEFQilXhc2Wcc
Adding 200 OneDrive items for processing from random_500_files/kjjh77RXijjhYTkjLolkPWB5JiEFQilXhc2Wcc
Adding 100 OneDrive items for processing from random_500_files/kjjh77RXijjhYTkjLolkPWB5JiEFQilXhc2Wcc
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from random_files
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from random_files/2ig9EcMJfYjzrrz6Udya2UFcZH6TPsCy
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from random_files/DxdwA5AHwDlPcgflA9FcuHp1KODJbkCn
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from random_files/H1Qq0XDtquVlrsgtxbylNVkGBJ0793vP
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from random_files/pwXGRI7yAQerIpmUuQwyD61zdsT1KMJX
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from α
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from α/asdfkl9823jkasd823jkasdf123klsdJ
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from เอกสาร
Adding 11 OneDrive items for processing from เอกสาร/w58QUMybEEvECKk4uZL5UWbFbV3clYKs
Finished processing self generated /delta JSON response from the OneDrive API
Processing 636 applicable changes and items received from Microsoft OneDrive
Processing OneDrive JSON item batch [1/2] to ensure consistent local state
Processing OneDrive JSON item batch [2/2] to ensure consistent local state
Syncing this OneDrive Personal Shared Folder: OneDrive - Constanze
Generating a /delta response from the OneDrive API for Drive ID: bc7d88ec1f539dcf
Adding OneDrive root details for processing
Adding OneDrive folder details for processing
Adding 8 OneDrive items for processing from the OneDrive 'root' folder
Adding 5 OneDrive items for processing from awerqwerqwer
Adding 4 OneDrive items for processing from Datenbanken
Adding 1 OneDrive items for processing from Datenbanken/original_data
Finished processing self generated /delta JSON response from the OneDrive API
Processing 18 applicable changes and items received from Microsoft OneDrive
Processing OneDrive JSON item batch [1/1] to ensure consistent local state
Failed to fetch or interpret quota details from the API response.
Performing a database consistency and integrity check on locally stored data
Processing DB entries for this Drive ID: 66d53be8a5056eca
Trying to delete file 1
Deleting file 1
Trying to delete file 3
Deleting file 3
Trying to delete file 2
Deleting file 2
Trying to delete file 5
Deleting file 5
Trying to delete file 4
Deleting file 4
........................

alex@ubuntu-24-04:~/OneDrive$ ls -la random_files/DGHAbxbVhx6hQukpKCDQ8LWR30QRPlfb/
total 8
drwx------ 2 alex alex 4096 Aug 22 18:20 .
drwx------ 7 alex alex 4096 Aug  9 08:19 ..
alex@ubuntu-24-04:~/OneDrive$ 

Files are removed

[yzgyr]

Thank you for the info. I tried to compile 2.4.25 but can't compile it it's getting stuck during compilation. So I'm using 2.4.23-1, which is the latest pi os version and it's syncing the deleted files:

yzgyr@DC:~ $ onedrive --synchronize -v --download-only
Using 'user' Config Dir: /home/yzgyr/.config/onedrive
Using 'system' Config Dir: /etc/onedrive
Configuration file successfully loaded
Checking Application Version ...

WARNING: Your onedrive client version is now obsolete and unsupported. Please upgrade your client version.
Current Application Version: 2.4.23
Version Available:           2.4.25

Initializing the OneDrive API ...
Configuring Global Azure AD Endpoints
Using Curl defaults for all HTTP operations
Opening the item database ...
All operations will be performed in: /home/yzgyr/OneDrive
Application version: v2.4.23-1
Account Type: personal
Default Drive ID: 78771a96a4c1ea05
Default Root ID: 78771A96A4C1EA05!101
Remaining Free Space: 5367377202
Fetching details for OneDrive Root
OneDrive Root exists in the database
Initializing the Synchronization Engine ...
Syncing changes and items from OneDrive ...
Applying changes of Path ID: 78771A96A4C1EA05!101
Updated Remaining Free Space: 5367377202
Number of items from OneDrive to process: 2
Trying to delete item Screenshot 2023-06-26 at 1.31.53 PM.png
Deleting item Screenshot 2023-06-26 at 1.31.53 PM.png
Sync with OneDrive is complete

[abraunegg]

@yzgyr

Thank you for the info. I tried to compile 2.4.25 but can't compile it it's getting stuck during compilation. So I'm using 2.4.23-1, which is the latest pi os version and it's syncing the deleted files

To compile for a Raspberry Pi you must follow the all instructions including using the correct compiler and ensuring you have adequate swap space available. These are the reasons for failure.

So I'm using 2.4.23-1, which is the latest pi os version and it's syncing the deleted files

It is not the latest. You are using the distribution provided version which is obsolete and not supported. Please install the client the correct way for Raspberry Pi platforms. As per the installation documentation:

[yzgyr]

OK I compiled 2.4.25, but it's still deleting the files:

This is the config

sync_dir = "/OneDriveData/yzgyr"
skip_file = "~*|.~*|*.tmp"
log_dir = "/var/log/onedrive/"

onedrive --synchronize -v --download-only
Using 'user' Config Dir: /home/yzgyr/.config/onedrive
Using 'system' Config Dir: /etc/onedrive
Configuration file successfully loaded
Checking Application Version ...
Initializing the OneDrive API ...
Configuring Global Azure AD Endpoints
Using Curl defaults for all HTTP operations
Opening the item database ...
All operations will be performed in: /OneDriveData/yzgyr
Application version: v2.4.25-15-gadad80c
Account Type: personal
Default Drive ID: 78771a96a4c1ea05
Default Root ID: 78771A96A4C1EA05!101
Remaining Free Space: 5367377202
Fetching details for OneDrive Root
OneDrive Root exists in the database
Initializing the Synchronization Engine ...
Syncing changes and items from OneDrive ...
Applying changes of Path ID: 78771A96A4C1EA05!101
Updated Remaining Free Space: 5367377202
Number of items from OneDrive to process: 2
Trying to delete item Test2.png
Deleting item Test2.png
Sync with OneDrive is complete

[abraunegg]

@yzgyr
Please re-read everything I have been advising:

v2.4.x Documentation

v2.5.x Documentation

[yzgyr]

Thank you, version 2.5 is working and does not delete local files anymore