mcmillab Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 How frequently does BitTorrent Sync check for changes and perform a sync?And is this configurable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automatic Coding Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Every 10 minutes, currently not configurable.I believe on linux however, it listens for file changes and updates the second anything changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 BitTorrent Sync monitors files for changes in "real time" - the 10 minute interval that Automatic Coding refers to is simply a "fallback" interval, so should any changes not be picked up in "real time", BitTorrent Sync will automatically rescan folders anyway every 10 minutes. This "fallback" interval isn't currently configurable, but apparently will be in a future update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automatic Coding Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 BitTorrent Sync monitors files for changes in "real time" - the 10 minute interval that Automatic Coding refers to is simply a "fallback" interval, so should any changes not be picked up in "real time", BitTorrent Sync will automatically rescan folders anyway every 10 minutes. This "fallback" interval isn't currently configurable, but apparently will be in a future update.I did mention the 'real time' folder watch in the latter half of my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perennate Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 > I did mention the 'real time' folder watch in the latter half of my post.It also is able to detect changes immediately on Windows (inotify is used on Linux, not sure what library is used for Windows). The only one that isn't supported is OS X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I did mention the 'real time' folder watch in the latter half of my post.Indeed - however, the "real time" monitoring isn't just on linux! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillab Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 thanks for the comments.I'm using windows, and it seems some changes are not being picked up real-time, but are by the 10min rescan.I think it would be useful in future to have a "sync now" option, ideally able to be executed via batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automatic Coding Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 thanks for the comments.I'm using windows, and it seems some changes are not being picked up real-time, but are by the 10min rescan.I think it would be useful in future to have a "sync now" option, ideally able to be executed via batch.Pretty sure restarting the process causes in a sync when it starts, so:-kill $PID~/.sync/btsync --config ~/.sync/sync.confand that's your "Sync now" hackish way of doing it, although, I do agree a sync now option would be nice, although, I've had no issue with it detecting file changes (Linux). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 thanks for the comments.I'm using windows, and it seems some changes are not being picked up real-time, but are by the 10min rescan.I think it would be useful in future to have a "sync now" option, ideally able to be executed via batch.Selecting "Pause Syncing" followed by "Resume Syncing" from the tray context menu will also essentially trigger an "on demand" rescan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DashDave Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Much of what I do does not need sync in real time. How about a "sync between time A to time B" so I can set up a sync task during the night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Much of what I do does not need sync in real time. How about a "sync between time A to time B" so I can set up a sync task during the night?Both "scheduled sync" and the ability to set different upload/download rates at different times of the day, etc are features that have been requested a number of times in the "wishlist thread", so the developers are aware of this desire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AnnSnark Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Real-time monitoring works on all the platforms (delay on file change is 10 seconds). The only exception is OS X 10.6 where real-time sync can be delayed due to certain system limitations.Edit: and yes, checking time is not configurable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorwoo Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I've a NAS to store files that won't changed frequently, and the motor of fan is hibernated during the idle time(5 min without IO), to reduce the power and noise.When it receive IO request, the motor of fan start to run and after 15 sec, the file system is readable.So, if the interval is set to 10 min, my NAS nearly always works in full speed and make a lot of noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 "Realtime" notifications don't everrrr work for me on Windows. Doesn't matter if I add new files, recompile existing data, or whatever else.Sometimes (placebo?) renaming files a number of times has a bit of an effect, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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