seafile-admin-docs/manual/client/seafile_cli.md
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Seafile CLI

init

Initialize config file

usage: seaf-cli -c -o init

start

Start seafile-applet to run a seafile client

usage: seaf-cli -c -o start

start-ccnet

Start ccnet daemon

usage: seaf-cli -c -o start-ccnet

start-seafile

Start seafile daemon

usage: seaf-cli -c [-w <worktree>] -o start-seafile

clone

Clone a repo from seafile server

A repo id and a url need to be give because this program need to use seafile web API v2 to fetch repo information.

usage: seaf-cli -c -r -u [-w <worktree>] -o clone

sync

Try to synchronize a repo

usage: seaf-cli -c -r -o clone

remove

Try to desynchronize a repo

usage: seaf-cli -c -r -o remove

Usage

Subcommands:

init:           create config files for seafile client
start:          start and run seafile client as daemon
stop:           stop seafile client
list:           list local liraries
status:         show syncing status
download:       download a library from seafile server
sync:           synchronize an existing folder with a library in
                    seafile server
desync:         desynchronize a library with seafile server

##More details

Seafile client stores all its configure information in a config dir. The default location is ~/.ccnet. All the commands below accept an option -c <config-dir>.

init

Initialize seafile client. This command initializes the config dir. It also creates sub-directories seafile-data and seafile under parent-dir. seafile-data is used to store internal data, while seafile is used as the default location put downloaded libraries.

seaf-cli init [-c <config-dir>] -d <parent-dir>

start

Start seafile client. This command start ccnet and seaf-daemon, ccnet is the network part of seafile client, seaf-daemon manages the files.

seaf-cli start [-c <config-dir>]

stop

Stop seafile client.

seaf-cli stop [-c <config-dir>]

Download

Download a library from seafile server

seaf-cli download -l <library-id> -s <seahub-server-url> -d <parent-directory> -u <username> [-p <password>]

sync

Synchronize a library with an existing folder.

seaf-cli sync -l <library-id> -s <seahub-server-url> -d <existing-folder> -u <username> [-p <password>]

desync

Desynchronize a library from seafile server

seaf-cli desync -d <existing-folder>