From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 10:02:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 389C3DBA for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-x22d.google.com (mail-qg0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2253256A for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id 63so5739776qgz.32 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 03:02:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2mW9WLmxf97Dnpw6owBpsbMt8c54V5a0E6a61odu5Qo=; b=Xd2YF2I43RD4aJEV0jIbpwD3x0jKRrF/DimfwyPr5nPFIb2yDNps/1Ty+lQ9xcSnI/ LyRp6DR/kaaUH2RwcbtG+rcKxJSJLwfhdw+XfRng0OaaTcC+RirRf1x+PiYGeXk5i6/t EaZ0xEmGUMk4lEQHnsDLG9k4/b5Yzqh6Idw+w= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:organization:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2mW9WLmxf97Dnpw6owBpsbMt8c54V5a0E6a61odu5Qo=; b=RDIoeJtS9js7xfqJxqQ3MjipTffFSCBky9MYKzUmR8sHBZBQ2j57PKKt2qsy0igP/a mO39L41offhAhO8/4hv8/HtakC83zPzQ9eBvwWUkq4z9rFXVUUQziNhU+x+qEaSNExqo MKC1H59arNJukWI6354hk82Ir+Snf6uazuNloM5dE/WEPlwhF2EiXCgECghlrN1mmmJz Ahht1C2GGa6e9udYq/P1r+1xbs+tlnTLtFmhRDEC0f7uWi7CAtT5rm7IybY1kqeaUGAb bE7SkWGWgr2Ti9iRhyhgik/z/qE09rn3lM4L7P1EzvgpbHyLQCJl227JS8zeDheuifwa CY4A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkF3Lxl/77bowGEukU3ZjJ8ODTcpO9dx7eLPbsgllSXbhDBMtPzAh+1YB+KdKmBFtXjQxJz X-Received: by 10.140.91.66 with SMTP id y60mr28883820qgd.58.1403517727853; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 03:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u4sm29235669qab.1.2014.06.23.03.02.07 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 23 Jun 2014 03:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 06:02:06 -0400 From: Jerry To: User questions Subject: Re: Using "Cloud" drives in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20140623060206.19a7edfe@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <53A7BFF7.5030709@calorieking.com> References: <20140622102723.65f1da6f@scorpio> <65447251-40F6-4F4C-AE5C-FC35C1F1CC14@jensenwaud.com> <20140622120313.1836b769@scorpio> <53A7BFF7.5030709@calorieking.com> Reply-To: User questions Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:02:09 -0000 On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:49:43 +0800, Gregory Orange stated: > On 23/06/14 00:03, Jerry wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:14:35 +0200, anders@jensenwaud.com stated: > >> There is a Linux client for Dropbox. You might me able to run it in > >> FreeBSD through Linux emulation. > > > > I don't think that is going to work. From what I can tell, it ONLY works > > with "Dropbox" and it does not make the "cloud" appear as part of the > > file system the way it does in Windows. > > I'm not sure I follow, but will share this observation in case it is > helpful: > > I use Dropbox on my Ubuntu machine, and my Dropbox directory just > becomes a subdirectorye unfortunately changes. of my home directory. That > is, cd ~/Dropbox yields the directory containing files synchronised from > dropbox.com through the program. Double-clicking on the system tray Dropbox > icon opens the same directory in my file manager. > > I have no experience with OneDrive. First of all , the operative word here is "Ubuntu". Ubuntu is ahead of the curve in creating a "user friendly" environment in the non-microsoft community. I have been Googling this for a few days now. There are several projects working on a solution to this problem; creating file system entrees automatically for users of these various services, without having to perform Herculean tasks just to gain access. In other words, "It just works". What will most likely happen if history is any indicator is that the *.nix community will come up with a workable solution. It will propagate through the various flavors of *.nix for a few years and then five years or more later FreeBSD will jump on board. Unfortunately, by that time the landscape will have unfortunately changed. -- Jerry