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814 B
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On a regular system, a reasonable simplifying assumption is that all the
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files in the folder will be synced to the system. A user might want to
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disable syncing of some subdirectories, for eg, archived files. But in
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general, things are simpler to understand and implement if all files sync.
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But, an Android gadget probably cannot hold all a user's files. Indeed,
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it's likely that old files will be aggressively dropped from the Android
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after syncing to elsewhere, in order to keep enough free space on it for
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new files.
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There needs to be a way for the user to browse files not on the gadget and
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request they be transferred to it. This could be done as a browser in the
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web app, or using a subdirectory full of placeholder files (not symlinks;
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see [[Android]]) that start transfer of the real file when accessed.
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