Using the Drive Apps

2.3. Notes

Changing the password

You can not change the password in Drive. Drive uses the same password that you use for accessing the groupware.

Name restrictions

In order to successfully synchronize files and folder, their names must not contain certain characters.

  • Files and folders are not synchronized if their names include one of the following characters:

    < > : " / \ | ? *

  • Files are not synchronized if their name corresponds to a reserved device name:

    CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9

  • The following files are not synchronized:

    desktop.ini, Thumbs.db, .DS_Store, icon\r

    files with the name extension .drivepart

    certain temporary files, e.g. lock files from Office applications

  • The following folders are not synchronized:

    /.drive

Depending on the development status of the software, further files and folders might not be synchronized.

Upper and lower case in file names

On some systems the file names in the folders are case sensitive. If you create such files in your local folder, only one of those files will be synchronized. Do not use file names that differ only as regards the upper and lower cases in your local folder.

Do not edit several files at once

To avoid loss of data you should not edit a file in the local and the remote folder or on several clients at the same time.

File versions

If you change a file in the local folder, Drive creates a new file version in the remote folder. In the local folder only the current file version is displayed.

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