Files "locked" In Ubuntu?

[AndyIbanez]

I use BTSync mostly to get files from an external server. Currently I'm downloading data from a server with a whooping 1.2 TBs in audio and videos files. When a folder is done downloading, I move it to a local external hard drive.

 

I have added the folder from the remote server as a read-only server on my side.  I can copy the files to a different place, but I cannot delete them.

 

How can I delete files from my BTSync folder that have a "lock" in them? They can't be sent to trash and when I click delete, they won't because "Permission denied".

 

Once I download the files from the server, I relocate the files from the server to a different directory as to prevent other people from downloading the same files I already have. If I can't delete the folders locally, will BTSync at least pick up the changes eventually and remove the moved folders from my side?

[Ozymandias]

Can you please right click on the files that have a lock and check the permissions?

 

Either that or open up a terminal window (Ctrl + Alt + t) and navigate to the folder and use the command "ls -la"

The options "la" will show all the files (Including hidden) and also list the owner, group, and permissions for the files.

 

You might need to change the ownership.

[RomanZ]

Hi AndyIbanez,

 

If you delete your files on a remote server, it will be deleted on other peers as well, including read-only peers. If you want to make sure that Sync is not locking any of your files - you can shut down the Sync. When running - it has to open your files and re-check them for changes periodically. Also, you can reduce this period of checking on your read-only peer by adjusting folder_rescan_interval parameter in advanced settings.