jcn

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  1. Just to rule it out as a first step, are you using File Station on the QNAP end?

    By default it won't show hidden files. Click the "three dot" button in the top right of the File Station, then check the box that says "Show hidden files on NAS".

    Once I did that, I could see the .sync/Archive folders.

  2. On 11/27/2019 at 9:37 AM, ekim501 said:

    On the read only computer within the preferences of your shared folder - make sure "Overwrite any changed files" is checked.  If the read only computer changes any files - Sync will automatically re-download the file overwriting what was changed.  The only thing Sync will not do is delete a file that is created on the read only computer.  The file will not sync to any other computer but Sync will not remove it automatically from the read only share.

    For my use-case I actually want any new files created on the read only side to be deleted if they don't match the source.

    This just doesn't seem possible. Are there any advanced settings that can be adjusted so it behaves that way?

  3. On 12/2/2019 at 2:20 PM, Kinst said:

    If someone is interested, I found a solution to the above problem.

    On the source machine I created a new folder and transfered all files and folders to it. The green tick told me about the end of the synchronization on the second (destination) machine. So I get on the destination machine the new folder with useful files and other folders and files that I don’t need. My next step was to remove them. After that I disconnected the second machine from the synchronization by removing the shared folder from the Resilio Sync. Than I removed the hidden sync folder from the second machine and manually put the useful folders in the correct state on both machines. The last step was to switch on the synchronization again.

    I'm in a similar situation, except I don't have direct access to the source machine. Would you be able to tell me more about how you solved that?

     

    On 11/22/2019 at 4:10 PM, Alex. said:

    It's not possible to do with Resilio Sync.

    Sync will not remove any files before syncing in destination folder. As a workaround you can point Sync to a fresh new destination folder without unnecessary files or delete files manually and then start syncing or you can use Resilio Connect which can start pre & post syncing scripts which will delete unnecessary files.

    When you sync a pre-existing folder the warning specifically mentions files may be deleted. With a read only peer that logically would imply pre-existing files would be deleted.

    Is that not the case?

    I'm trying to reconnect to a Read Only folder/share. The files I have are out of date, even though some have the same filenames. That includes extra files that are no longer needed.

    There's no way to force the destination folder, the read only peer, to "sync" in a way that matches the source folder? That seems a bit... odd. That's literally not syncing, by definition. That's just a one-way file transfer.

    It's frustrating to essentially have to create a brand new folder, download EVERYTHING again, which with large files can be gigabytes if not terabytes of data.

    The guides could also be much more clear in that regard. If it doesn't remove pre-existing files it should clearly state that on https://help.resilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/204754279-Is-one-way-synchronization-possible-

    None of the official documentation make it clear that's how it behaves, I didn't think to check the forums until I noticed that's not how it seems to work. Which isn't a great way to distribute important details, because then folks like me buy your product before we realize it's not going to do what we need.

    It also seems odd for such a feature to be only available in an Enterprise level product.

    Even the setting listed here:

    https://help.resilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/207371636-Power-user-preferences

    "folder_defaults.delete_unknown_files"

    Would imply that behavior, except it's the one field you offer no description or explanation of.