slawson2000 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 We have a problem. Some of the files we have are disappearing. The file name is left, but the file shows 0k and it is empty. I just did a search for empty files and found about 15 file that this has happened to. Apparently, it appears that it mostly happens with files that are renamed or moved (cut and paste). I think I have ruled out it being a single computer issue as the files have been added from different computers. All computers (5 in all) are running the most current versions of BitTorrent Sync and all are running Windows 7 or 8. I tried Customer Support after I could not find a similar issue in the forum. Apparently they no longer provide help, only to Pro and Ad-Free (not sure what that means). Anyway, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzth Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I found that if the clocks are out of sync on two peers by more than 25s then a new file saved to the slower machine will get truncated to 0bytes. Perhaps you could check their clocks to rule that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawson2000 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 The clocks on all computers are set to auto sync to the same site. I thought there might have been an issue with one computer being on DSL instead of Cable, but it happens with files generated on that computer as well. It seems to happen when either saving, renaming, moving, or copy/pasting the files... File that are there seem to stay, but I am not 100% sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawson2000 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 It happened again. Created a PDF in one sync'd folder. Moved it to another sync'd folder and it ended up showing 0k. I found a copy in the .sync folder of the original location. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I tried Customer Support after I could not find a similar issue in the forum. Apparently they no longer provide help, only to Pro and Ad-Free (not sure what that means).Now Sync team provides support to everyone. There was some confusion and you've submitted your case to BitTorrent Client app, not to Sync app. Later, when it was figured out, you were informed about it and your ticket was redirected to Sync team and reply was provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawson2000 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Helen, This is somewhat true, I followed the links provided to submit my problem. After I received the initial response I posted here. By the time the confusion was worked out, I could no longer edit my posting. For all others, it should be noted that the Sync team has found the issue and the fix will be coming out in a future update. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 slawson2000, Thanks! As for the issue itself, to put if simply - in most cases the problem is caused by temp copies of the documents (where the app saves your editions when a document is opened and being edited). Sync cannot make friends with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawson2000 Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I have tried to include any and all temp files in my exclusions list. I thought that would have fixed it. Anyway, when is this fix coming out? It is destined only for the 2.0 crowd or will 1.4.111 get it as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 slawson2000, causes that come from Sync's code were fixed in Sync 2.0. However, there might be some other reasons, which need investigating with logs and details on the problem. See the guide on Sync 2.0 for collecting logs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawson2000 Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 At the moment, I am on the shelf regarding 2.0. With the limitations on the new version (especially the number of folders) I am still trying to figure out how make it work for my data structure. I am not sure I want to restructure all my data just to use a program. Anyway, that is another issue. So if the causes are not going to be fixed in the 1.4.111, what do I need to do to collect logs for the 1.4.111 and get it to the appropriate people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 slawson2000, This issue was analyzed and fixed in Sync 2.0 and cannot be delivered to 1.4 version anymore. Please try 2.0 to see if in your case the problem remained. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis925 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 I also encounter the same issue several times. The solution is to turn off BT Sync while you are working on that computer. Note pausing sync will not avoid this issue. You must turn it off completely. If the issue happens, don't be panic. You can still find the original file from the ".sync\Archive" folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 @louis925Is it Sync 1.4 / 2.0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis925 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 It is 1.4.111. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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