Backup feature provided by bidirectional synchronized content management system

A system for providing object backup in a content management system with a bidirectional synchronization architecture, comprising:

• memory configured to store instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the at least one processor to:
• configure a bidirectional synchronization service on a client device to monitor a first directory on the client device, wherein the bidirectional synchronization service occurs in a first instance of the bidirectional synchronization service that is configured to watch the first directory, wherein the first directory includes objects for backup, and wherein the bidirectional synchronization service occurs in a second instance of the bidirectional synchronization service that is configured to watch a second directory, the second directory includes objects for bidirectional synchronization,
• receive a selection of a backup location including objects to be backed up by the content management system,
• create an anchor within the first directory, wherein the anchor points to a backup location that is outside of the first directory, wherein the anchor is a special object that includes attributes that cause the bidirectional synchronization service to be restricted to uni-directional synchronization of the objects in the backup location,
• detect the anchor within the first directory being associated with one or more of the objects for backup in the first directory by the bidirectional synchronization service, and
• based on the attributes, copy the objects from the backup location indicated by the anchor to the content management system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by a computing system, being effective to cause the computing system to:

• configure a bidirectional synchronization service on a client device to monitor a first directory on the client device, wherein the bidirectional synchronization service occurs in a first instance of the bidirectional synchronization service that is configured to watch the first directory, wherein the first directory includes objects for backup, and wherein the bidirectional synchronization service occurs in a second instance of the bidirectional synchronization service that is configured to watch a second directory, the second directory includes objects for bidirectional synchronization;
• create an anchor within the first directory, the anchor pointing to a backup location that is outside of the first directory, wherein the anchor is a special object that includes attributes that cause the bidirectional synchronization service to be restricted to uni-directional synchronization of the objects in the backup location;
• detect the anchor within the first directory being associated with one or more of the objects for backup in the first directory by the bidirectional synchronization service;
• and
• based on the attributes, copy the objects from the backup location indicated by the anchor to a content management system.