nextcloud(1)

NAME

nextcloud - File synchronisation desktop utility.

SYNOPSIS

nextcloud [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

The nextCloud Client is a file synchronization desktop utility. It synchronizes files on your local computer, tablet, or handheld device with an nextCloud Server. If you make a change to the files on one device, the change is propagated to all other synchronized devices using the desktop synchronization clients.

Normally, you start the client by clicking on the desktop icon or by starting it from the client application menu. After starting, an nextCloud icon appears in the computer system tray or on your tablet or handheld device.

OPTIONS

You have the option of starting your Nextcloud desktop client with the nextcloud command. The following options are supported:

nextcloud -h or nextcloud --help: Displays all command options.

The other options are:

--logwindow: Opens a window displaying log output.

--logfile <filename>: Write log output to the file specified. To write to stdout, specify - as the filename.

--logdir <name>: Writes each synchronization log output in a new file in the specified directory.

--logexpire <hours>: Removes logs older than the value specified (in hours). This command is used with --logdir.

--logflush: Clears (flushes) the log file after each write action.

--logdebug: Also output debug-level messages in the log (equivalent to setting the env var QT_LOGGING_RULES="qt.*=true;*.debug=true").

--confdir <dirname>: Uses the specified configuration directory.

--background: Launch the application in the background (i.e. without opening the main dialog).

CONFIG FILE

The Nextcloud Client reads a configuration file. You can locate this configuration file as follows:

On Linux distributions:: $HOME/.config/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg

On Microsoft Windows systems:: %APPDATA%\Nextcloud\nextcloud.cfg

On macOS systems:: $HOME/Library/Preferences/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg

The configuration file contains settings using the Microsoft Windows .ini file format. You can overwrite changes using the Nextcloud configuration dialog.

NOTE:

Use caution when making changes to the Nextcloud Client configuration file. Incorrect settings can produce unintended results.

Some interesting values that can be set on the configuration file are:

[Nextcloud] section
Variable	Default	Meaning
remotePollInterval	30000	Specifies the poll time for the remote repository in milliseconds.
forceSyncInterval	7200000	The duration of no activity after which a synchronization run shall be triggered automatically.
fullLocalDiscoveryInterval	3600000	The interval after which the next synchronization will perform a full local discovery.
notificationRefreshInterval	300000	Specifies the default interval of checking for new server notifications in milliseconds.

[General] section
Variable	Default	Meaning
chunkSize	10000000 (10 MB)	Specifies the chunk size of uploaded files in bytes. The client will dynamically adjust this size within the maximum and minimum bounds (see below).
forceLoginV2	false	If the client should force the new login flow, eventhough some circumstances might need the old flow.
minChunkSize	5000000 (5 MB)	Specifies the minimum chunk size of uploaded files in bytes.
maxChunkSize	5000000000 (5000 MB)	Specifies the maximum chunk size of uploaded files in bytes.
targetChunkUploadDuration	60000 (1 minute)	Target duration in milliseconds for chunk uploads. The client adjusts the chunk size until each chunk upload takes approximately this long. Set to 0 to disable dynamic chunk sizing.
promptDeleteAllFiles	false	If a UI prompt should ask for confirmation if it was detected that all files and folders were deleted.
timeout	300	The timeout for network connections in seconds.
moveToTrash	false	If non-locally deleted files should be moved to trash instead of deleting them completely.
showExperimentalOptions	false	Whether to show experimental options that are still undergoing testing in the user interface. Turning this on does not enable experimental behavior on its own. It does enable user interface options that can be used to opt in to experimental features.
showMainDialogAsNormalWindow	false	Whether the main dialog should be shown as a normal window even if tray icons are available.

[Proxy] section
Variable	Default	Meaning
host	127.0.0.1	The address of the proxy server.
port	8080	The port were the proxy is listening.
type	2	0 for System Proxy.
1 for SOCKS5 Proxy.
2 for No Proxy.
3 for HTTP(S) Proxy.

BUGS

Please report bugs at https://github.com/nextcloud/client/issues.

AUTHOR

The Nextcloud developers

COPYRIGHT

2013-2024, The Nextcloud developers