xamindar Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I am loving this tool, but have an issue I would like advice on.In two instances that I know of, btsync would not sync file changes to the other devices. First time this happened was with a torrent file that I downloaded onto my phone. This file was synced to my other btsync folder some time before it was finished, but once it was finished, the changes were never synced over. I checked the md5sums of this file on both devices and they never matched. Second instance is with a trucrypt volume I created in a sync folder. I added some files to this volume last night and then unmounted the volume. Today, I mounted the volume on another computer's sync folder and my changes are not there. Trucrypt volumes do not change size so does btsync only sync a file if the size changes? It doesn't seem to sync if the checksum changes.This really makes me worry that a change I make to files may not sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 You need to trigger a timestamp change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xamindar Posted November 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 You need to trigger a timestamp change.So a timestamp change is the only way btsync will know a file has been modified? Thanks, I'll give it a shot. Will using touch be enough to trigger a sync? Will touching a file that has not changed cause it to sync as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Touch will cause the file to be re-indexed.Hashsums will be exchanged on a file re-index.If the hashsums match, no additional data will be transferred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex12 Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 How do i trigger a timestamp change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nop Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Open Terminal, go to folder with file and type: touch file_name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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