Ubuntu One is a great ‘cloud tool’ and has been recently upgraded from 2GB to 5GB free space. I recently had an issue with it taking up too much CPU time and not knowing the status of my file uploads and downloads. I then found a useful utility call ‘u1sdtool’ (that is u1 as in number 1 as opposed to l, the letter l) which helped sort out what was what. U1sdtool is from package ‘ubuntuone-client’ (main).

Typing u1sdtool –help gives the following;

u1sdtool –help
Usage: u1sdtool [option]

Options:
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-w, –wait Wait until ubuntuone-syncdaemon reaches nirvana
–accept-share=SHARE_ID
Accept the share with the specified id
–reject-share=SHARE_ID
Reject the share with the specified id
–list-shares Get the list of shares
–subscribe-share=SHARE_ID
Subscribe to a share specified by id
–unsubscribe-share=SHARE_ID
Unsubscribe from a share specified by id
–refresh-shares Request a refresh of the list of shares to the server
–offer-share=PATH USER SHARE_NAME ACCESS_LEVEL
Share PATH to USER.
–list-shared List the shared path’s/shares offered.
–create-folder=PATH Create user defined folder in the specified path
–delete-folder=FOLDER_ID
Delete user defined folder in the specified path
–list-folders List all the user defined folders
–subscribe-folder=FOLDER_ID
Subscribe to the folder specified by id
–unsubscribe-folder=FOLDER_ID
Unsubscribe from the folder specified by id
–refresh-volumes Request a refresh of the list of volumes to the server
–rescan-from-scratch=VOLUME_ID
Request a rescan from scratch for a volume.
–publish-file=PATH Publish file publicly.
–unpublish-file=PATH
Stop publishing file publicly.
–info=PATH Request the metadata of PATH
–list-dirty-nodes Show the list of nodes marked as ‘dirty’
–current-transfers show the current uploads and downloads
-q, –quit Shutdown the syncdaemon
-c, –connect Connect the syncdaemon
-d, –disconnect Disconnect the syncdaemon
-s, –status Get the current status of syncdaemon
–waiting Get the list of operations being executed
–waiting-content Get the waiting content list – Warning: this option is
deprecated, use ‘–waiting’ instead
–waiting-metadata Get the waiting metadata list – Warning: this option
is deprecated, use ‘–waiting’ instead
–start Start syncdaemon if it’s not running

Further to this I found an indicator applet utility which does much the same thing. To install it open a Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter the following lines: –

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rye/ubuntuone-extras

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ubuntuone-indicator

Alternatively add the ‘ppa:rye/ubuntuone-extras’ to ‘Other Software’ in ‘Software Sources’ accessible via the ‘edit’ menu in the Ubuntu Software Centre. Run an update and search for ‘ubuntuone-indicator’.