A complete tool to interact with OneDrive on Linux. Built following the UNIX philosophy

• State caching
• Real-Time file monitoring with Inotify
• Resumable uploads
• Support OneDrive for Business (part of Office 365)
• Shared folders (OneDrive Personal)
• SharePoint / Office 365 Shared Libraries (refer to README.Office365.md to configure)
• Notifications

• While local changes are uploaded right away, remote changes are delayed
• No GUI

• Build environment must have at least 1GB of memory & 1GB swap space
• libcurl
• SQLite 3 >= 3.7.15
• Digital Mars D Compiler (DMD)

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo apt install libnotify-dev

Note: Validated with Linux ubuntu-i386-vm 4.13.0-36-generic #40~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 23:26:51 UTC 2018 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux and DMD 2.081.1

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo apt install libnotify-dev

Note: Validated with Linux debian-i386 4.9.0-7-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-1 (2018-07-05) i686 GNU/Linux and LDC - the LLVM D compiler (1.8.0).

First install development dependencies as per below:

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
sudo apt install git

Second, install the LDC compiler as per below:

mkdir ldc && cd ldc
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ldc/ldc_1.8.0-3_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ldc/libphobos2-ldc-shared-dev_1.8.0-3_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ldc/libphobos2-ldc-shared78_1.8.0-3_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/llvm-toolchain-5.0/libllvm5.0_5.0.1-2~bpo9 1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo6_6.1 20180714-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo apt install libnotify-dev

sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
sudo yum install libcurl-devel
sudo yum install sqlite-devel
curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo yum install libnotify-devel

In addition to the above requirements, the sqlite version used on CentOS 6.x / RHEL 6.x needs to be upgraded. Use the following instructions to update your version of sqlite so that it can support the client:

sudo yum -y update
sudo yum -y install epel-release, wget
sudo yum -y install mock
wget https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/sqlite/3.7.15.2/2.fc19/src/sqlite-3.7.15.2-2.fc19.src.rpm
sudo mock --rebuild sqlite-3.7.15.2-2.fc19.src.rpm
sudo yum -y upgrade /var/lib/mock/epel-6-{arch}/result/sqlite-*

sudo dnf groupinstall 'Development Tools'
sudo dnf install libcurl-devel
sudo dnf install sqlite-devel
curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo yum install libnotify-devel

sudo pacman -S curl sqlite dmd

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo pacman -S libnotify

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev
wget https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v1.11.0/ldc2-1.11.0-linux-armhf.tar.xz
tar -xvf ldc2-1.11.0-linux-armhf.tar.xz

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo apt install libnotify-dev

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev
wget https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v1.11.0/ldc2-1.11.0-linux-aarch64.tar.xz
tar -xvf ldc2-1.11.0-linux-aarch64.tar.xz

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo apt install libnotify-dev

sudo emerge app-portage/layman
sudo layman -a dlang

Add ebuild from contrib/gentoo to a local overlay to use.

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo emerge x11-libs/libnotify

sudo zypper addrepo --check --refresh --name "D" http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/D/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/devel:languages:D.repo
sudo zypper install git libcurl-devel sqlite3-devel D:dmd D:libphobos2-0_81 D:phobos-devel D:phobos-devel-static

For notifications the following is necessary:

sudo zypper install libnotify-devel

Before cloning and compiling, if you have installed DMD via curl for your OS, you will need to activate DMD as per example below:

Run `source ~/dlang/dmd-2.081.1/activate` in your shell to use dmd-2.081.1.
This will setup PATH, LIBRARY_PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, DMD, DC, and PS1.
Run `deactivate` later on to restore your environment.

Without performing this step, the compilation process will fail.

Note: Depending on your DMD version, substitute 2.081.1 above with your DMD version that is installed.

git clone https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive.git
cd onedrive
make
sudo make install

By passing PKGCONFIG=1 to the make call, necessary libraries (sqlite3, curl, and libnotify for notifications) are searched for using pkg-config instead of using the hard-coded values.

By passing NOTIFICATIONS=1 to the make call, notifications via libnotify are enabled. If pkg-config is not used (see above), the necessary libraries are gmodule-2.0, glib-2.0, and notify.

git clone https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive.git
cd onedrive
make DC=/usr/bin/ldmd2
sudo make install

git clone https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive.git
cd onedrive
make DC=~/ldc2-1.11.0-linux-armhf/bin/ldmd2
sudo make install

git clone https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive.git
cd onedrive
make DC=~/ldc2-1.11.0-linux-aarch64/bin/ldmd2
sudo make install

# Update onedriveDir with correct existing OneDrive directory path
onedriveDir="${HOME}/OneDrive"

firstRun='-d'
docker pull driveone/onedrive
docker inspect onedrive_conf > /dev/null || { docker volume create onedrive_conf; firstRun='-it'; }
docker inspect onedrive > /dev/null && docker rm -f onedrive
docker run $firstRun --restart unless-stopped --name onedrive -v onedrive_conf:/onedrive/conf -v "${onedriveDir}:/onedrive/data" driveone/onedrive

The 'skilion' version contains a significant number of defect's in how the local sync state is managed. When upgrading from the 'skilion' version to this version, it is advisable to stop any service / onedrive process from running and then remove any items.sqlite3 file from your configuration directory (~/.config/onedrive/) as this will force the creation of a new local cache file.

If your system utilises curl >= 7.62.0 you may need to use --force-http-1.1 in order for the client to work correctly due to changes in curl to prefer HTTP/2 over HTTP/1.1 by default.

After installing the application you must run it at least once from the terminal to authorize it.

You will be asked to open a specific link using your web browser where you will have to login into your Microsoft Account and give the application the permission to access your files. After giving the permission, you will be redirected to a blank page. Copy the URI of the blank page into the application.

To validate your configuration the application will use, utilise the following:

onedrive --display-config

This will display all the pertinent runtime interpretation of the options and configuration you are using. This is helpful to validate the client will perform the operations your asking without performing a sync. Example output is as follows:

Config path                         = /home/alex/.config/onedrive
Config file found in config path    = false
Config option 'sync_dir'            = /home/alex/OneDrive
Config option 'skip_file'           = ~*
Config option 'skip_symlinks'       = false
Config option 'monitor_interval'    = 45
Config option 'log_dir'             = /var/log/onedrive/
Selective sync configured           = false

By default all files are downloaded in ~/OneDrive. After authorizing the application, a sync of your data can be performed by running:

onedrive --synchronize

This will synchronize files from your OneDrive account to your ~/OneDrive local directory.

If you prefer to use your local files as stored in ~/OneDrive as the 'source of truth' use the following sync command:

onedrive --synchronize --local-first

In some cases it may be desirable to sync a single directory under ~/OneDrive without having to change your client configuration. To do this use the following command:

onedrive --synchronize --single-directory '<dir_name>'

Example: If the full path is ~/OneDrive/mydir, the command would be onedrive --synchronize --single-directory 'mydir'

In some cases it may be desirable to 'download only' from OneDrive. To do this use the following command:

onedrive --synchronize --download-only 

In some cases it may be desirable to 'upload only' to OneDrive. To do this use the following command:

onedrive --synchronize --upload-only

When running a sync it may be desirable to see additional information as to the progress and operation of the client. To do this, use the following command:

onedrive --synchronize --verbose

When running onedrive all actions can be logged to a separate log file. This can be enabled by using the --enable-logging flag. By default, log files will be written to /var/log/onedrive/

Note: You will need to ensure your user has the applicable permissions to write to this directory or the following warning will be printed:

Unable to access /var/log/onedrive/
Please manually create '/var/log/onedrive/' and set appropriate permissions to allow write access
The requested client activity log will instead be located in the users home directory

All logfiles will be in the format of %username%.onedrive.log, where %username% represents the user who ran the client.

Note: To use a different log directory rather than the default above, add the following as a configuration option to ~/.config/onedrive/config:

log_dir = "/path/to/location/"

Trailing slash required

An example of the log file is below:

2018-Apr-07 17:09:32.1162837 Loading config ...
2018-Apr-07 17:09:32.1167908 No config file found, using defaults
2018-Apr-07 17:09:32.1170626 Initializing the OneDrive API ...
2018-Apr-07 17:09:32.5359143 Opening the item database ...
2018-Apr-07 17:09:32.5515295 All operations will be performed in: /root/OneDrive
2018-Apr-07 17:09:32.5518387 Initializing the Synchronization Engine ...
2018-Apr-07 17:09:36.6701351 Applying changes of Path ID: <redacted>
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.4434282 Adding OneDrive Root to the local database
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.4478342 The item is already present
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.4513752 The item is already present
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.4550062 The item is already present
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.4586444 The item is already present
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.7663571 Adding OneDrive Root to the local database
2018-Apr-07 17:09:37.7739451 Fetching details for OneDrive Root
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0211861 OneDrive Root exists in the database
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0215375 Uploading differences of .
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0220464 Processing <redacted>
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0224884 The directory has not changed
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0229369 Processing <redacted>
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.02338 The directory has not changed
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0237678 Processing <redacted>
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0242285 The directory has not changed
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0245977 Processing <redacted>
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0250788 The directory has not changed
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0254657 Processing <redacted>
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0259923 The directory has not changed
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.0263547 Uploading new items of .
2018-Apr-07 17:09:38.5708652 Applying changes of Path ID: <redacted>

If notification support is compiled in, the following events will trigger a notification within the display manager session:

• Aborting a sync if .nosync file is found
• Cannot create remote directory
• Cannot upload file changes
• Cannot delete remote file / folder
• Cannot move remote file / folder

sudo make uninstall
# delete the application state
rm -rf ~/.config/onedrive

If you are using the --confdir option, substitute ~/.config/onedrive above for that directory.

If you want to just delete the application key, but keep the items database:

rm -f ~/.config/onedrive/refresh_token

Additional configuration is optional. If you want to change the defaults, you can copy and edit the included config file into your ~/.config/onedrive directory:

mkdir -p ~/.config/onedrive
cp ./config ~/.config/onedrive/config
nano ~/.config/onedrive/config

This file does not get created by default, and should only be created if you want to change the 'default' operational parameters.

Available options:

• sync_dir: directory where the files will be synced
• skip_file: any files or directories that match this pattern will be skipped during sync
• skip_symlinks: any files or directories that are symlinked will be skipped during sync
• monitor_interval: time interval in seconds by which the monitor process will process local and remote changes

Example: sync_dir="~/MyDirToSync"

Please Note: Proceed with caution here when changing the default sync dir from ~/OneDrive to ~/MyDirToSync

The issue here is around how the client stores the sync_dir path in the database. If the config file is missing, or you don't use the --syncdir parameter - what will happen is the client will default back to ~/OneDrive and 'think' that either all your data has been deleted - thus delete the content on OneDrive, or will start downloading all data from OneDrive into the default location.

Example: skip_file = ".*|~*|Desktop|Documents/OneNote*|Documents/IISExpress|Documents/SQL Server Management Studio|Documents/Visual Studio*|Documents/config.xlaunch|Documents/WindowsPowerShell"

Patterns are case insensitive. * and ? wildcards characters are supported. Use | to separate multiple patterns.

Note: after changing skip_file, you must perform a full re-synchronization by adding --resync to your existing command line - for example: onedrive --synchronize --resync

Example: skip_symlinks = "true"

Setting this to "true" will skip all symlinks while syncing.

Example: monitor_interval = "300"

The monitor interval is defined as the wait time 'between' sync's when running in monitor mode. By default without configuration, the monitor_interval is set to 45 seconds. Setting this value to 300 will run the sync process every 5 minutes.

Selective sync allows you to sync only specific files and directories. To enable selective sync create a file named sync_list in ~/.config/onedrive. Each line of the file represents a relative path from your sync_dir. All files and directories not matching any line of the file will be skipped during all operations. Here is an example of sync_list:

Backup
Documents/latest_report.docx
Work/ProjectX
notes.txt
Blender
Cinema Soc
Codes
Textbooks
Year 2

Note: after changing the sync_list, you must perform a full re-synchronization by adding --resync to your existing command line - for example: onedrive --synchronize --resync

Folders shared with you can be synced by adding them to your OneDrive. To do that open your Onedrive, go to the Shared files list, right click on the folder you want to sync and then click on "Add to my OneDrive".

There are two ways that onedrive can be used as a service

• via init.d
• via systemd

Note: If using the service files, you may need to increase the fs.inotify.max_user_watches value on your system to handle the number of files in the directory you are monitoring as the initial value may be too low.

init.d

chkconfig onedrive on
service onedrive start

To see the logs run:

tail -f /var/log/onedrive/<username>.onedrive.log

To change what 'user' the client runs under (by default root), manually edit the init.d service file and modify daemon --user root onedrive_service.sh for the correct user.

systemd - Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSuSE, Fedora

systemctl --user enable onedrive
systemctl --user start onedrive

To see the logs run:

journalctl --user-unit onedrive -f

systemd - Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS Linux

systemctl enable onedrive
systemctl start onedrive

To see the logs run:

journalctl onedrive -f

In some cases it is desirable to run the OneDrive client as a service, but not running as the 'root' user. In this case, follow the directions below to configure the service for a non-root user.

1. As the user, who will be running the service, run the application in standalone mode, authorize the application for use & validate that the synchronization is working as expected:

onedrive --synchronize --verbose

2. Once the application is validated and working for your user, as the 'root' user, where is your username from step 1 above.

systemctl enable onedrive@<username>.service
systemctl start onedrive@<username>.service

3. To view the status of the service running for the user, use the following:

systemctl status [email protected]

You can run multiple instances of the application by specifying a different config directory in order to handle multiple OneDrive accounts. For example, if you have a work and a personal account, you can run the onedrive command using the --confdir parameter. Here is an example:

onedrive --synchronize --verbose --confdir="~/.config/onedrivePersonal" &
onedrive --synchronize --verbose --confdir="~/.config/onedriveWork" &

or

onedrive --monitor --verbose --confdir="~/.config/onedrivePersonal" &
onedrive --monitor --verbose --confdir="~/.config/onedriveWork" &

• --synchronize does a one-time sync
• --monitor keeps the application running and monitoring for changes both local and remote
• & puts the application in background and leaves the terminal interactive

In order to automatically start syncing your OneDrive accounts, you will need to create a service file for each account. From the ~/onedrive folder:

cp onedrive.service onedrive-work.service

And edit the line beginning with ExecStart so that the command mirrors the one you used above:

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/onedrive --monitor --confdir="/path/to/config/dir"

Then you can safely run these commands:

systemctl --user enable onedrive-work
systemctl --user start onedrive-work

Repeat these steps for each OneDrive account that you wish to use.

If you encounter any bugs you can report them here on Github. Before filing an issue be sure to:

1. Check the version of the application you are using onedrive --version and ensure that you are running either the latest release or built from master.
2. Fill in a new bug report using the issue template
3. Generate a debug log for support using the following process
4. Upload the debug log to pastebin or archive and email to [email protected]

Output of onedrive --help

OneDrive - a client for OneDrive Cloud Services

Usage:
  onedrive [options] --synchronize
      Do a one time synchronization
  onedrive [options] --monitor
      Monitor filesystem and sync regularly
  onedrive [options] --display-config
      Display the currently used configuration
  onedrive [options] --display-sync-status
      Query OneDrive service and report on pending changes
  onedrive -h | --help
      Show this help screen
  onedrive --version
      Show version

Options:

  --check-for-nomount
      Check for the presence of .nosync in the syncdir root. If found, do not perform sync.
  --confdir ARG
      Set the directory used to store the configuration files
  --create-directory ARG
      Create a directory on OneDrive - no sync will be performed.
  --destination-directory ARG
      Destination directory for renamed or move on OneDrive - no sync will be performed.
  --debug-https
      Debug OneDrive HTTPS communication.
  --disable-notifications
      Do not use desktop notifications in monitor mode.
  --display-config
      Display what options the client will use as currently configured - no sync will be performed.
  --display-sync-status
      Display the sync status of the client - no sync will be performed.
  -d --download-only
      Only download remote changes
  --disable-upload-validation
      Disable upload validation when uploading to OneDrive
  --enable-logging
      Enable client activity to a separate log file
  --force-http-1.1
      Force the use of HTTP 1.1 for all operations
  --get-O365-drive-id ARG
      Query and return the Office 365 Drive ID for a given Office 365 SharePoint Shared Library
  --local-first
      Synchronize from the local directory source first, before downloading changes from OneDrive.
  --logout
      Logout the current user
  -m --monitor
      Keep monitoring for local and remote changes
  --no-remote-delete
      Do not delete local file 'deletes' from OneDrive when using --upload-only
  --print-token
      Print the access token, useful for debugging
  --resync
      Forget the last saved state, perform a full sync
  --remove-directory ARG
      Remove a directory on OneDrive - no sync will be performed.
  --single-directory ARG
      Specify a single local directory within the OneDrive root to sync.
  --skip-symlinks
      Skip syncing of symlinks
  --source-directory ARG
      Source directory to rename or move on OneDrive - no sync will be performed.
  --syncdir ARG
      Specify the local directory used for synchronization to OneDrive
  --synchronize
      Perform a synchronization
  --upload-only
      Only upload to OneDrive, do not sync changes from OneDrive locally
  -v  --verbose
      Print more details, useful for debugging (repeat for extra debugging)
  --version
      Print the version and exit
  -h --help
      This help information.

The files and directories in the synchronization directory must follow the Windows naming conventions. The application will attempt to handle instances where you have two files with the same name but different case. Where there is a namespace clash, the file name which clashes will not be synced. This is expected behavior and won't be fixed.