domesdk Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Is there a convenient way to tell BT Sync to ignore temp office files? I suppose it would be possible to add a wildcard for ~$ filenames, but wouldn't this then need to be included in the Syncignore of every folder? The reason I ask is that it seems to be causing a minor bug in BT Sync, where it will create a .sync for the temp file. However, when the actual office document is closed and the ~$ temp file is removed, the .sync for the temp file persists, and it continues to attempt to transfer the now defunct file. My in progress transfers screen is clogged with these non-existent files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domesdk Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Putting ~$* into SyncIgnore seems to have fixed the issue, though a global resolution method would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malstrond Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 And if you're using LibreOffice, throw in .~lock* too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseffner Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Putting ~$* into SyncIgnore seems to have fixed the issue, though a global resolution method would be nice.On Windows I got the same trouble with Office temp files. I used notepad++ to edit .SyncIgnore and added as you described but it does not work ~$* files were synced any more. I saved .SyncIgnore file in UTF-8 format, alos UTF-8 without BOM is not working. I also tried to escape the expression as ~\$* but this also not helps. Any more hints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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