Question regarding syncing full directory
Hello,
I'm using an Onyx Boox device and I'm having some issues with syncing. I'm currently using WebDav.
I wanted to know whether it was possible, instead of using Zoo for zotero, if I could give my boox device access to the entire Zotero storage directory kept on my computer. The plan would be to edit documents on the boox, which, using Autosync on Android, would update my cloud storage service. I know there are some issues with this process because of the way Zotero saves each entry under a unique folder id. However, I'm wondering if my syncing the whole storage directory would bypass this?
Thanks
I'm using an Onyx Boox device and I'm having some issues with syncing. I'm currently using WebDav.
I wanted to know whether it was possible, instead of using Zoo for zotero, if I could give my boox device access to the entire Zotero storage directory kept on my computer. The plan would be to edit documents on the boox, which, using Autosync on Android, would update my cloud storage service. I know there are some issues with this process because of the way Zotero saves each entry under a unique folder id. However, I'm wondering if my syncing the whole storage directory would bypass this?
Thanks
I don't quite follow the issue with individual folders -- whether that's a problem or not depends on what you're seeing on Boox.
What might break is if you're also using Zotero'd PDF reader/annotator. It's not super-likely, but it's possible those annotations will break if you edit the PDF with another PDF reader, which is why it's generally recommended you either stick to using external PDF readers or the internal one across all devices (which, I realize, isn't an option on a Boox)
do you think this would work?
And do you think webDAV may be better than the two-way sync app once the android app is released?
They never provide estimations for new features, but I read somewhere on the forum that they may release the beta version of the Android app this year.
Syncing between the Android and Windows would work best via webDAV if I understood this repsonse of adamsmith correctly: "Use WebDAV. Linked files won't work on either mobile app". https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/102102/any-plan-to-make-an-official-app-for-android/p2
Currently on Linux rather than windows, but it shouldn't pose much of a problem since Zotero for Linux supports Webdav for Sync too.
Thanks for the info!