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Empty files are ignored without warning when copying to a network drive #149

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nickto opened this issue Dec 9, 2024 · 1 comment
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nickto commented Dec 9, 2024

Describe the bug
Empty files are ignored without warning when copying to a network drive.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

  1. Mount Filen as a network drive using Filen Desktop.
  2. Try copying an empty file using cp, rsync, file manager, or whatever else.
  3. Command succeeds without any warnings.
  4. Files are missing in Filen.
  5. Sometimes files appear as not missing when exploring using a terminal or a file manager. If that is the case, close Filen, open Filen (basically, remount Filen as a network drive), now files are definitely missing. However, the discrepancy between what I see locally in a file manager, and what is actually in Filen, introduces even mode confusion.

Expected behaviour
Ideally, files should not be missing, or at least some kind of warnings. Similar to the warnings that exist when syncing dirs or trying to upload a file via Filen Desktop; or errors in the "Transfers" tab of a desktop app. If this is not possible, at least clearly mention in the docs that empty file syncing is not supported.

OS (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Arch Linux
  • Filesystem and Disk type used: SSD ext4. The network drive is mounted to a subdirectory of the user's home directory.

Additional context
Related to #95 and this. But toggle is a feature request, while this sounds like a bug.

@George-TL
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+1
New user here using Desktop App under W10.
I can confirm that "sync" wont copy: empty files, empty folders.
This is very annoying. File/folder names are containing important information too.
Where can I change such behavior and fix this issue for me?

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