I thought I would just update you on where I am at.
It's great news! I now have a client that works (most kinks/bugs out).
Folders that are synced are "Contacts, Magic Briefcase, Mobile Photos, Web Archive (soon to be removed from sync), Deleted Files (soon to be removed from sync too)"
Also and "Shared folders" on the account are also downloaded with the option to upload if you have privileges to do so ( it's the feature requested here: Re: Limitations of "Shared Folder" function - http://support.sugarsync.com/ics/forum/Client/Common/ContentView.aspx?contentID=90386&PageNo=2)
I have a few small things to do still:
-- Improve the upload check: currently it's a bit lazy (finds newly downloaded files as modified and then uploads them)
-- Build a facility to delete files on the server!!!
-- Migrate the MySQL database to sqlite for portability
-- Change the setup file to be config based rather then code
-- Build a better logging facility to help diagnose problems
-- Build a script to remove all data & empty data for testing purposes
SugarSync have been great the past few weeks helping me with the hiccups I have been having but i'm hoping to have a release by the weekend (or midweek next week)
This release is ALPHA and shouldn't be used in production, There is no delete feature yet - So your online data should be safe still
Through the api I can only do (for the moment) whole file download/upload so if you have large files it may take some time to update them.
posted by Mark Willis
Hi, I’m a linux user and just signed up for SugarSync because I like the android client.
I was looking for a linux client when I found your site.
Do you need any help testing?
Yeah – testers will be great, i’m a bit tied up this week (having 3 server moves to do) but next week I should be able to get the source compiled and a bit more portable
Also willing to test here. What level of confidence do you have that the software won’t blast existing folders?
Thanks,
Russell
quite high at the moment – as there is no delete code written yet. I have put checks inplace also for updating a file whilst it’s downloading and things too.
Mark
Hi, another tester is here
i’ve been waiting for a linux interface for a while. count me in as potential testers!
I’ve been searching for a linux client too (I need to synchronize between linux, windows, mac and symbian, no cloud file sync service seems to be able to offer all that yet!), so I was really excited to find your post!
If I may ask, what programming language are you developing the client in? I’m a developer myself, so if you need any help I’d be glad to assist; if you need more testers, I’d also be willing to help out!
Sorry, not trying to be lazy, but I do not see where to obtain the client. Can someone point me to the download area?
Hi William, There is no code available as yet – We are working to get a alpha version out soon.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Just came across this, been using SugarSync for a while now and really like it! Count me in as a potential tester if that helps!!!!
Another tester, should you need one. Thanks for doing this!
Yet another tester / help getting the code to alpha if you’ll put it up someplace (github/bitbucket/googlecode/whatever).
Thanks for all your work!
It’s cool idea, I’d like to test it
I’ll test too!!
Excelent idea!