OpenRoad Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Hello - I am trying to add my <username>\Documents folder to BTSync (not sharing yet). It will not index completely, it gets stuck on a Junction in the \Documents directory and fails. I've worked with support and confirmed this is a problem, they have indicated it will be fixed in a future release. (thanks for the help!). The temporary solution suggested is to add the junction to the .SyncIgnore file in \Documents. But, I cannot get BTSync to ignore the junction. This is the error I receive: [2014-06-30 14:46:51] SyncFolderScanner: GetFileList failed for folder \\?\C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Videos - error code 5 These are my junctions in the Documents folder: dir /AL output:02/03/2012 08:57 PM <JUNCTION> My Music [C:\Users\<username>\Music] 02/03/2012 08:57 PM <JUNCTION> My Pictures [C:\Users\<username>\Pictures] 02/03/2012 08:57 PM <JUNCTION> My Videos [C:\Users\<username>\Videos] I've shut down BTSync. and modified .SyncIgnore with of: My VideosMy?VideosMy?Videos\* Yet I still get the error above as it tries to index the junction. Any advice on what I'm doing wrong in my .SyncIgnore? Thanks in advance for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Why are you using a junction there? You can just tell Windows to move those directories and update the system variables, instead of using a junction (from the properties dialog).Or use a native symlink instead of a junction point. mklink /D link target Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenRoad Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I would rather get the ignore file to just ignore it. From what I've found from some technet docs, these junctions are standard as part of a win7 upgrade for "backwards compatibility" reasons. Regardless, I'm hoping to make the sync ignore file work versus redoing junctions, and all the libraries that seem to use those junctions.Did I put them there purposefully? Nope (see above). Can I delete them, maybe. but I'd rather get the syncignore file to ignore versus mucking around with deleting junctions put their by the os. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 @OpenRoad The .SyncIgnore won't help in this case. Only update to the next version (which is being prepared now). Sorry for inconvenience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenRoad Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 @RomanZ - Thanks RomanZ. I appreciate the confirmation. Looking forward to the next release. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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