4.5 Understanding Filr Operations

The following sections provide information about the various Filr operations:

4.5.1 Synchronize Now

Synchronizes the selected files and folders

  • To synchronize specific file or folder, right-click the file or folder and click Filr > Synchronize now.

  • To synchronize all files and folders, right-click the Filr icon in the notification area and click Synchronize now.

4.5.2 Undo Local Changes

To revert any changes made to a file or folder that cannot be synchronized to the Filr server, do the following:

  1. Right-click the file or the folder.

  2. Click Filr > Undo local changes.

4.5.3 Viewing Filr Files from Your Computer

  1. Click the Filr icon in the notification area.

    or

    Right-click the Filr icon in the notification area, then click Open Filr folder.

You can access the Filr folder directly from your file system. The Filr folder is in the /home/username_of_the_user_logged_into_the_computer/Filr directory.

The Filr folder is also located in your Bookmarks.

For specific information about file synchronization between your workstation and Filr, see Understanding Synchronization.

4.5.4 Manually Synchronizing Files and Folders

You can manually synchronize files and folders between Filr and your computer if you do not want to wait for the scheduled synchronization. Files must be closed before they can be synchronized.

To manually synchronize all your files:

  1. Right-click the Filr icon in the notification area, then click Synchronize now.

To manually synchronize an individual file or folder:

  1. Navigate to the file or folder that you want to synchronize.

  2. Right-click the file or folder, then click Filr >Synchronize now.

4.5.5 Launching Filr in a Browser from the Filr Desktop

You can launch Filr in a browser by using the Filr desktop application.

  1. Right-click the Filr icon in the notification area, then click Visit Filr on the web.

4.5.6 Uploading a File

By default, Filr does not restrict uploading files based on the file type. However, Filr administrators do have the facility to allow or block the types of files that users can upload.

If your Filr administrator has restricted the uploading of a type of file, any attempt to upload the restricted type of file is blocked. An error message displays in Recent Activity page of the desktop console .