Dickel Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Setup:Desktop W7 cable to router - LAN and wirelessNotebook W7 wirelessTablet W8 wirelessDesktop and Notebook already synced a couple of days ago. Added Tablet and currently in the process of syncing. I notice that the syncing (downloading new files to the Tablet) appears to be exclusively between the Notebook and the Tablet - there doesn't appear to be any exchanges directly between the Desktop and the Tablet. I was expecting the syncing to occur simultaneously and directly from both the Desktop and the Notebook to the Tablet.Every few seconds the Desktop "Transfers" window shows two unknown files being transferred to the Notebook:~WRL004.tmp andimtF301.tmpAre these BT Sync 'system' files as I don't have any such files anywhere on the machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 No, these are not BitTorrent Sync system files - please check none of the files in the folder you're syncing are open in their respective applications. Some applications create temporary "working" (or backup) copies of files whilst they are open/being edited, which is likely what these temporary files are that you're seeing!It's probably worth excluding .tmp files by adding ".tmp" to your .SyncIgnore files to prevent these temporary files syncing between your devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickel Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 An application was "calling home" to check for updates - every few seconds! Fixed! Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickel Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I spoke too soon! They're back. I've tried adding ".tmp" to .SyncIgnore but that doesn't stop them either. The application itself is NOT running. Could it be that there is a 'service' running which checks that folder every few seconds? They don't seem to be causing any problems but I am curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Remember you need to add ".tmp" to the .SyncIgnore file on EVERY device for the folder you're syncing, and then restart BitTorrent Sync on your devices for changes to .SyncIgnore to take affect.This won't prevent whatever other application/service is creating these temporary files from doing so, but it then should prevent them from syncing between your devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickel Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I think I've nailed it. The ".tmp" files were in fact ".tmp.!sync" files. Once I located and deleted these, the problem ceased. Another one that kept popping up was a ".ldb" file, which is a MSAccess "lock database" file. This file kept popping up even though Access (and ALL other apps) were not running. I couldn't solve that one so I moved that sub-folder out of the sync folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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