Opened at 2015-05-12T22:11:07Z

Closed at 2016-02-15T15:55:02Z

#2420 closed defect (fixed)

Magic Folder: uploader must periodically scan for changes

Reported by: dawuud Owned by: daira
Priority: normal Milestone: undecided
Component: code-frontend-magic-folder Version: 1.10.0
Keywords: magic-folder reliability Cc:
Launchpad Bug:

Description

Unlike the Linux inotify kernel subsystem... the equivalent in Windows is unreliable and therefore we need to periodically scan for files that may have been missed:

​https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57254/how-to-keep-readdirectorychangesw-from-missing-file-changes

Change History (5)

comment:1 Changed at 2015-05-12T22:13:10Z by daira

  • Component changed from unknown to code-frontend-drop-upload
  • Keywords drop-upload reliability windows otf-magic-folder added; magic folder removed
  • Status changed from new to assigned

comment:2 Changed at 2015-06-01T16:11:09Z by daira

  • Keywords magic-folder added

Add magic-folder keyword to all drop-upload tickets.

comment:3 Changed at 2015-10-27T20:20:16Z by daira

  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from assigned to closed

This is not specific to Windows.

Last edited at 2016-02-15T15:53:39Z by daira (previous) (diff)

comment:4 Changed at 2016-02-15T15:54:01Z by daira

  • Resolution duplicate deleted
  • Status changed from closed to reopened
  • Summary changed from windows drop uploader must periodically scan for changes to Magic Folder: uploader must periodically scan for changes

comment:5 Changed at 2016-02-15T15:55:02Z by daira

  • Keywords drop-upload windows otf-magic-folder removed
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from reopened to closed

We now have a working periodic uploader.

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