From 18a4588a4d18d174672a45b4f9fca91a8e59038a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zadam Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 10:37:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated FAQ (markdown) --- FAQ.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 0008582..95d743a 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -46,4 +46,14 @@ This is normally not supported - one Trilium process can open only a single inst TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/home/me/path/to/data/dir TRILIUM_PORT=12345 trilium ``` -You can save this command into a `.sh` script file or make an alias. Do this similarly for a second instance with different data directory and port. \ No newline at end of file +You can save this command into a `.sh` script file or make an alias. Do this similarly for a second instance with different data directory and port. + +# Can I use Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive to sync data across multiple computers. + +The short answer is No. + +The general purpose applications are not suitable to sync database files which are open and being worked on by another application. The result is that they will corrupt the database file, resulting in data loss and this message in the logs: + +> SqliteError: database disk image is malformed + +The only supported way to sync Trilium's data across network is to use a [[sync/web server|Synchronization]]. \ No newline at end of file