I have a collection of folders that I want to be backed up to OneDrive. As files in these folders change - I want the new files to be uploaded/synced to OneDrive. As the size of these folders is significant, I do not want to physically copy the files to OneDrive folder. Nor do I have an option to install OneDrive folder to be a parent for all the folders that have to be backed up. Essentially I am looking for a basic functionality of any backup product where you just select the folders to backup. Unfortunately the current answers on SuperUser did not answer my question.
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OneDrive is not backup software. It is meant to sync the contents to online. If you do not want re-point folders to inside OneDrive nor duplicate (copy files) to OneDrive, then you have no options. If you want to copy files to OneDrive, I recommend a free software called Bvckup (use last beta). You can mirror folders you want to be uploaded into OneDrive folder without intervention. This is what I do.
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After a couple of answers here I've realized that there's no easy solution with the native OneDrive client. I've found many WebDav and Robocopy suggestions - but it seems too complicated. I end up using Symbolic Link (mklink command) and it worked like a charm - this post was the most helpful.
Another option could have been a 3rd party clients that does a better job than OneDrive, provide the selection of folders that I am looking for and then just sync it to OneDrive through their API. However I was happy with mklink, so did not research it any further.
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