Gigantor Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 I am Read-Only Syncing with a computer that already had some of the files to begin with. The Computer that has the Read-Only key says it is synced but mine says there is still an amount that needs to be uploaded. Just seeing if there is some sort of fix for this out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Has your read-only computer always had a read-only secret, or did it originally have a full-access secret?If both devices had a full-access secret initially, and then during the initial indexing/sync, one device was changed to read only, this could explain why the remaining full-access device thinks it still has data to transfer?If you restart BitTorrent Sync on both devices, does it still show outstanding data to be transferred? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantor Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Thanks for the answer. Ok, I was using AeroFS before I found out it sucked. It is me and 3 other computers that are syncing. I moved all of the files out of the old AeroFS folder into new folders that don't have any of the AeroFS files in them anymore. I did this to all 4 computers running BTSync. Mine and 1 other computer has full access and the other 2 computers are R/O. The 2 computers that are R/O have always been R/O on BTSync. I just moved the existing files in when I added them with the R/O code. Hope this helps. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantor Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 BTW, both Full Access computers are seeing that the R/O computers needs more files to be uploaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantor Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Sorry forgot got to answer your last question. I restart all of the computers at once to see if that would help anything and there was no luck. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantor Posted May 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 I just tried to remove the folder from BTSync and then add it again on the computer that is using the read only code and it shows that he is synced right away but on my end it shows that I have to sync the entire size of the folder. It seems like the read only computer is not sending back information that it already has all of the files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have the exact same problem the OP has described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux only Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I think this resembles my problem as well: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/19258-initial-sync-fine-adding-new-files-never-resumes/It may have the status of a bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 krtaylor / linux only :- have you updated to the latest version, 1.0.130? If not, please update and see if this resolves your issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I updated, and actually the problem got worse. Previously I had one share that was full privileges which correctly said that it was fully synced, and one that was read-only at the other end which was having the problem described.I updated this end, and now both of those shares show the up-arrow and total size, but aren't actually doing anything (because really they don't need to).So I went and update the other end, and I'm back where I started: the full-rights share displays correctly, the read-only one wrongly says it needs to transmit everything but doesn't. So I'm afraid this particular bugfix didn't fix this particular bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergey@bt Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Can you please try the following:1. Install 1.0.130 on all computers (if not yet done)2. Remove shared folder on both computers from BTSync WebUI3. Add folder on full-access computer4. Add folder on read-only computerPrevious build could save incorrect information in cache. Re-adding folder will rebuild cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I've not used the BTSync WebUI, is that functionally different from the Windows UI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I've not used the BTSync WebUI, is that functionally different from the Windows UI?There is no "WebUI" for Windows - but the same can be achieve from the native Windows app interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 OK, I did as instructed.At first it worked fine - both ends scanned, then it started working down from the total as the files were checked and found to be the same.But at the very end it got stuck. The read-only side accurately says "Synced" whereas the read-write end is stuck on the last 6.4MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I'm attempting this too, time to see if future builds help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergey@bt Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Currently in read only mode Sync does not overwrite files if they are modified locally. We are planning to add an option to force overwrite local changes.Can you please make sure that all files are really the same? You may try to sync with full access secret first, then re-add folder with read only secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I am 99% certain that all files are really the same, because previously they were synced with Cubby which doesn't have a read-only mode. I turned off Cubby and turned on BTS without making any changes in between.I ran another test on a different folder with three computers, all of which were also previously synced together with Cubby. Two of the computers have full access shares in BTS, and they correctly display as being synced. The third folder has read-only access, and it too has a few MB showing as remaining from the sending end, while showing as fully synced at the read-only end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergey@bt Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Can you please send us debug log from read only computer? Here are instructions how to collect it: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I sent a giant log file and mentioned some other bugs and peculiarities. Hope it helps.For the record mine is "stuck" at about 109mb remaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I tried to email in my logfile but it was too large - 32MB. Is there some place on the forum I can upload it to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yottabit Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Put your logfile in a BTSync share and e-mail BT your Secret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Good idea! I've done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 For me it turned out to be a single file that was different on the read-only end. I deleted it on both and the sync completed successfully.I started with .130 for the record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantor Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Well updating and readding the synced files kinda fixed it for me too. I had the same problem with some updated files where not syncing and it wouldn't totally allow it to sync but after I went through the log file I found that those files where listed as invalidated files and were skipped. So all I did is I turned off BTSync and went through and deleted those files off the read only computer and it %100 synced on both sides. Is there already something in works on allowing the read only computers to update files when the full access computers update? BTW, this is an awesome program! Even with these small glitches it blows all the other sync programs out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtaylor Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Now that's something that I didn't think of. I've been sending my logs to support, and they had me try out version 134, which appeared to make the problem go away - as in, both ends show as being synced.However, I remember back when I was using Windows Live Mesh, I had to run it as admin, because otherwise it would get hung up on some files being the wrong owner or read-only. I haven't **noticed** this problem with BTS, but perhaps that was the underlying cause of the not-quite-finished-syncing problem? If so, perhaps the "fix" for this problem was BTS simlpy disregarding files that it's not allowed to write over - which if true, isn't really a "fix" so much as a workaround?Is it possible to run BTS as admin so as to prevent this potential problem? I have BTS set to automatically run on startup so I don't have control of which account it is running under - I do NOT log in with admin privileges, so that suggests that BTS doesn't have them either.DDoes anybody know more about exactly how this works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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