Help Needed: Syncing Specific Folder to OneDrive Using onedrive Client on CasaOS (Debian 12)

[Mangoman120]

Hello,

I’ve been trying to upload specific files from my CasaOS (Debian 12) server to my OneDrive using the onedrive client for Linux, but I’m encountering issues with syncing them to a specific folder within OneDrive.

What I'm Trying to Achieve:

• I want to sync backup files from /root/OneDrive/Minecraft_Backups on my server (this is the folder on my CasaOS instance) to the Minecraft_Backups folder in my OneDrive.

What I’ve Tried:

• I installed the onedrive client and linked my OneDrive account.
• I attempted to sync the folder with the commands:

onedrive --sync --upload-only --no-remote-delete

onedrive --upload-only --no-remote-delete --syncdir /root/OneDrive/Minecraft_Backups --sync

However, I can’t seem to get the files to upload to the correct folder in OneDrive. Instead, they just spread out to the root directory of my OneDrive in the files section.

Expected Outcome:

• The files should upload to the Minecraft_Backups folder on OneDrive, not the root directory.

Current Behavior:

• When I run the sync command, it just uploads the files to the root of my OneDrive instead of the desired Minecraft_Backups folder.

Additional Info:

• I have confirmed that the Minecraft_Backups folder exists within OneDrive, and I’m trying to sync my local /root/OneDrive/Minecraft_Backups folder.

I would really appreciate any help or suggestions on how to make sure my files are uploaded directly to the Minecraft_Backups folder in OneDrive. I am also wondering if this is even possible or will I just have to deal with messy files.

Thanks in advance!

[abraunegg]

@Mangoman120
Please read all documentation more carefully.

The --syncdir option is not for specifying which folder to sync - it is the folder considered as your OneDrive local root.

This is why your files are being uploaded to your online root.

[Mangoman120]

Hi, thank you for helping me. I did it without this command and it still doesn't upload directly to the folder I want. I looked very carefully through the documentation as well and couldn't find anything. Thank you!

[abraunegg]

What is the actual online location / path for the Minecraft_Backups folder

[Mangoman120]

on my onedrive account it is simply OneDrive/Minecraft_Backups

However on my CasaOS instance it is /root/OneDrive/Minecraft_Backups

[abraunegg]

Lest start with some basics:

• What application version are you running?
• What do all your application output say thus far?

In this instance running the application as 'root':

onedrive --sync --verbose --upload-only --resync 

This will:

• Upload your /root/OneDrive folder to Microsoft OneDrive online
• The data in your local Minecraft_Backups will be uploaded to that same location online

Please post the output of this command.

[Mangoman120]

Ok after deleting the config file it worked perfectly! Thank you so much for the help I appreciate it! Now if I ever die my family/friends will still be able to access the Minecraft server backups! 🥲