Google Drive

[richb]

You wrote isync. iPhone user are you? Sorry - no Apple products here!

Insync: I saw that, but went free instead.

Oops! I will eat an apple core. You mean free as in Open Source, not money.

[oshunluvr]

You wrote isync. iPhone user are you? Sorry - no Apple products here!

Insync: I saw that, but went free instead.

[richb]

I use isync.

[oshunluvr]

In case anybody is interested: Google Drive has a linux CLI sync program called "grive" that manually syncs any folder you choose with your G-Drive. I thought about setting up auto-syncing using inotify, but opted for manual syncing instead.

I like servicemenus (those right-click options) but I wanted the option to be only available in the synced folder. I did this by creating a custom .directory (Thanks kubicle!) in the synced folder and added this text to it:

[Desktop Entry]
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,inode/directory
Type=Service
MimeType=inode/directory;
Actions=gsync;

[Desktop Action gsync]
Name=Sync with Google Drive
Icon=sync-client-updating
Exec=grive -p ~/Downloads/grive

Now when I right-click on the dolphin pane in the synced folder I see this: