Using the Drive Apps

2.3. Notes

Changing the password

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

Name restrictions

In order to successfully synchronise files and folders, their names must not contain certain characters.

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

    < > : " / \ | ? *

  • Files are not synchronised 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 synchronised:

    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 synchronised:

    /.drive

Depending on the development status of the software, additional files and folders might not be synchronised.

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 synchronised. Do not use file names that differ only as regards the upper and lower cases in your local folder.

Length of file and path names in MS Windows

Data on an MS Windows workstation can only be synchronised if the file names or paths do not exceed 255 characters.

Do not edit the same file in more than one location

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.

Parent topic: Using the Drive Apps