Client: Virtual Files: "Remove locally (keep on server)" right click menu item

[guruz]

From @tomneedham

For example, I sync basically everything on my mac home folder to my owncloud anyway. But today I created some large video files. They have just finished uploading. But really, I don't need them on my SSD now, they can live in the cloud and I can pull them down when necessary, or maybe never, maybe I will only share them. So I want to right click and click something like 'remove locally' to free up the space. Is this possible? Or planned?

[ckamm]

Agree, this is definitely on the table.

[ratnanil]

Something along the lines of Dropboxes "Smart Sync" Feature would be great.
_"Online-only content appears in the Dropbox folder on your computer, but doesn’t use the full amount of space that the file otherwise would. You can see the file, but the content isn’t fully downloaded until you need it. Only information about the file, such as the file name, location, and date the file was updated, is downloaded."_

[michaelstingl]

@ratnanil first step is, to make all ownCloud operations like sharing possible with the virtual files. Exposing the file information from the real file to the operation system through the virtual file is probably a challenge for a later stage.

[guruz]

@ratnanil Isn't that what https://owncloud.org/news/owncloud-client-goes-virtual-sync-files-demand/ is?

[ratnanil]

This sounds _exactly_ like what I had in mind! Amazing, can't wait to try it out!

[guruz]

@ratnanil Things have moved on a bit since the alpha1, so better try a daily build.
https://download.owncloud.com/desktop/daily/

[ratnanil]

Actually, I'm usign a branded, enterprise version of owncloud. So I'm just checking when this this feature will be importet into our release.

[guruz]

@ratnanil In 2.5.0 it's hidden behind the configuration value still as far as it's decided now.
(but you can use the plain ownCloud client also with SWITCH to test)

[ogoffart]

Done in 2.5.1