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Since I couldn't really understand the circumstances around the Resilio APP for Android, I deleted it from all Android devices and reinstalled it. Effect 1: With none of the Android devices I could establish a device connection to other clients or servers via the identity. So no advance folders are available. Good thing there is a QR code to connect. Effect 2: The Android APP runs without this identity connection as it should. I can only explain that the exchange of certificates no longer works and therefore the APP freezes or the entire device has to be restarted etc. Without this convenience of the payment version, it can now be use again. However, the goal should be that the APP works completely. The autostart also works again after the reboot, which previously did not work either. For me this means that the exchange of the identity no longer worked.

The text with "#... " is only a comment inside of such files. That files you can edit with a base Editor like Note++ or like that. If you edit the files, you will see the comment letter at beginning, is # in the Resilio and // in the Syncthing file. If you search, you will find documentations from both with description and some specials you can use. Attached my working Ignore files as example. .stignore IgnoreList

First, basic: Resilio has the subdirectory ".sync" in each peer, in which system files and also the temporary transfer files are located. The IgnoreList is also stored there. That is a good thing. Unfortunately Syncthing does not have this and saves all files in the root directory of the respective peer and there is also the ".stignore". These files must contain the working files of the other tool: In the Resilio IgnoreList: .stfolder .stignore .stversion .syncthing .syncthing * .syncthing. *. *. tmp ~ syncthing ~ *. *. tmp In the Syncthing .stignore .sync ! sync * .rsls The point is exactly what you are discussing. Both programs can access a same directory if the two ignore pattern lists are stored there. There are no loops or other adverse effects. The best thing to do is to set up two or three test directories and do various tests. I can say so much. I have two Synologys that I keep in sync through Resilio. Around fifty peers with just over two TB of data. I have a third Synology externally and the access is a rural 2000 line. This is not possible with Resilio, but with Syncthing. Almost 40 peers in Syncthing use these ignores in peers from Resilio and sync exactly what Resilio syncs. The numerical values etc. all agree. It works perfectly for me.

Maybe you find anything https://www.resilio.com/blog/sync-hacks-how-to-set-up-freenas-with-bittorrent-sync-using-a-plugin

I think no, Resilio went back to the status before starting without comment. Maybe a test would be good.

I also noticed that when moving files and folders. I don't do it that often, so it doesn't bother me so much. However, the fact that functions are announced that do not work is no exception here. Otherwise, I'm very happy with Resilio. Once set up, it is quick and reliable and otherwise hardly causes any problems. Unfortunately, the support here has become very careless. Just tinkering, hardly any updates, although with the innovations in the operating systems some bugs have accumulated. This is very, very annoying. I have Synology NAS, Windows 10 computers, Android smartphones. For me everything works so far, except for the Android APP. This freezes or syncs once at the start I am FORCED to use Syncthing because this app doesn't work. You have to imagine this. But that doesn't really matter. Syncthing is almost as fast, has even more features, is more flexible and the Android APP works perfectly. I think it's a shame that Resilio simply leaves the field to Syncthing. If this continues, I will change completely. At the moment I have a mixed operation because of the APP, thanks to the ignore patterns it works: # ########## Resilio files .sync ! sync * .rsls # ########## syncthing files .stfolder .stignore .stversion .syncthing .syncthing * .syncthing. *. *. tmp ~ syncthing ~ *. *. tmp So no problem to use Syncthing in parallel.

The image with the selective synchronization is inconsistent between files and directories. Basically, selected or unselected files, recognizable by the suffix ".rsls", are deleted on both sides when deleting on the selective side. This also applies to the subdirectories. Directories are only deleted if they are deleted on the side in which the selective synchronization is not active, whether they have been downloaded on the selective side or not. Or you can use the "Remove from all devices" option in the file manager, right mouse click. Functionally, that doesn't go together. Otherwise, only a test helps.

I think, this APP is not used by Resilio Connect, so is not in the focus,

.... doesnt read our posts.

One month later. Be patient and waiting is needed.

It is unclear what is going on here. There are always announcements that are not kept. Other interests are in the foreground. Resilio Connect is more important, and it's probably also about capacity and financial resources. At some point the "bug" wave is so big that there is no other way but to roll out new releases. The above is understandable somewhere, the latter is not good. In any case, I see more and more people in the Syncthing Forum who are definitely from here as well as I do. The main reason for me is that I am forced to use Syncthing because Resilio e.g. not working properly in the Smartphone APP. I've been preaching this for a long time now, but it doesn't seem to be arriving properly. The Syncthing APP runs very good. And I'm not alone with things like that.

Seafile has a completely different concept, it is not peer-to-peer based, but server-oriented. It works exactly like ownCloud or nextCloud and is simply addressed externally via an http or https address. I use ownCloud parallel to Resilio because I am often on restrictive company networks, from which it is usually not possible to contact other Resilio peers. The http/https connection has great advantages. At this point, Syncthing has expanded the features as a P2P software alternative so that a connection is also possible via http/https or ports 80/443. That is why I also work with Syncthing in parallel and sometimes have links with Resilio. I have not used ownCloud or nextCloud for some time.

The newest version of Resilio as Android APP is v2.6.3 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.resilio.sync&hl=de Regarding QNAP is the same as for all, from time to time check, if updates available https://help.resilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/206178964-QNAP

Are you running a Docker image?

Same on my Smartphones. Mainly Sync runs, but cant shutdown for restarting, this freeze the App. I must restart the whole Smartphone. This is no good condition, so Syncthing runs for all instead.

Perhaps an experienced user can also install this manually in the settings.

I have never seen Resilio run as root. However, as a hidden admin in the admins group no rights need to be assigned specifically for individual directories, since the admin group generally has access everywhere. I cannot judge where the difference is to a user Resilio, to whom the rights to directories should be assigned individually.

Time like this, time like this ... 😇 ... anyway, I'm following how Resilio is going. I see some Resilio loyalty in the Syncthing Forum, who are no longer satisfied with the support here and are also waiting for updates. On the other hand, Syncthing Forum is a fighting with every problem and you can see a clear difference in how discussed things are tested and incorporated into the RCs or releases. A new final will appear every 4 weeks at the latest, along with corresponding RCs, in which everyone can participate. This is a great forum. Resilio was once similar, today you can no longer see it and serious updates are no longer visible despite bugs etc. Nobody really understand that.

Another circumstance must also be examined. The Android APP has to be restarted on the newer Android systems so that it runs. If you started it manually, it runs, but if the screen is closed again, it stops in the background and "freezes" and nothing is synchronized anymore. You have to open the APP again manually so that it can be reactivated. This hangs up often enough and the entire smartphone has to be restarted. The automatic start (autostart at boot) also no longer works. I therefore no longer use the Smartphone APP.

I don't really understand such things. I keep reading that files and directory contents are lost. Today I manage almost 60 peers in Resilio with a total of well over 2 TB. I haven't lost anything yet. In an archive directory there were already complete directories etc. for me, but only when I accidentally deleted on another device is this a normal function. Otherwise there are only files in the archive that are archived by updates. Otherwise, what would be your explanation?

I had the same problem. I stop the Resilio APP on Android and use the APP from Syncthing, which works very fine. Therefore I have on my devices a mixed situation Resilio and Syncthing and use for all peers special Ignore Pattern. This works very good.

You also can install Resilio as service om Windows and the service starts already minimized

Maybe a bug. Maybe ones more as reason to have updates in short cycles. It makes no sense to have a big update in one or two times per year. It is better to have in fixed cycles of a month or so.

I would recommend several intermediate steps. All measures that are implemented must also be tested in detail and may have an impact on different functions. In addition, the trust of the community would increase again if there was an update every month or like that. Small and many steps with security are better than a big one, which contains not so much security.

Since BTsync 1.4.111 I have been a productive user of Resilio, now with version 2.6.4. Resilio runs on 4 Synology servers, 5 Windows clients, 3 smartphones, 2 Tablets. The software is very reliable, constant observation was not necessary in the past. But the advances in Linux, Windows and Android mean new problems and bugs are coming up again and again. Unfortunately, the update cycle at Resilio is no longer up to date. Two simple examples with big consequences: The app keeps freezing on Android and the Windows service cannot be installed in some cases. The former meant that I was forced to weave in Syncthing, which is possible with the right ignore patterns, so that the Android systems work smoothly - just embarrassing. One of the servers has now been completely switched to Syncthing and the coexistence of Resilio and Syncthing is working smoothly. If the update cycles continue like now, I will have to change completely in the long run, although I don't really want to, but since the administration is correspondingly more complex. In addition, Resilio wasted a lot of time and allowed Syncthing to become just as good and reliable, which was not always the case. It has also become more flexible in terms of features. The only real advantage would be the selective synchronization. So I say: Resilio takes care of your community intensively, making it the best advertisement in many companies. If you allow Syncthing to completely overtake you, it's your own fault.