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andym

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From: France

Registered: 2019-01-16

Posts: 60

syncthing is installed without a dektop file

For some reason Arch distributes syncthing without a .desktop file.

No idea why.

The desktop file from github/syncthing is here:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Start Syncthing
GenericName=File synchronization
Comment=Starts the main syncthing process in the background.
Exec=/usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --logfile=default
Icon=syncthing
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Keywords=synchronization;daemon;
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;P2P

Moo-Crumpus

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Re: syncthing is installed without a dektop file

The idea is, you want to start/enable the service by systemd, not by a desktop file, and maintain it using it's web page.

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andym

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From: France

Registered: 2019-01-16

Posts: 60

Re: syncthing is installed without a dektop file

OK, but it does not seem to have a systemd service file either?

mithrial

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Registered: 2017-03-05

Posts: 59

Re: syncthing is installed without a dektop file

$ pacman -Fl syncthing
...
syncthing usr/lib/systemd/system/syncthing@.service
...
syncthing usr/lib/systemd/user/syncthing.service
...

It does, right?

andym

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From: France

Registered: 2019-01-16

Posts: 60

Re: syncthing is installed without a dektop file

My mistake - sorry.