handling "intermittent folder"

[daltrey]

I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, I tried to make a post, but it doesn't appear to have posted.

Two scenarios:

Linux external drive: /mnt/data/folders

Except sometimes, the "folders" aren't mounted, so it looks like:

/mnt/data

I had made a Power Folder to /mnt/data and unfortunately, this resulted in deleting all the data because it automatically ran a sync when "folders" weren't mounted and assumed they were deleted, I guess.

Would this be solved by making the mirrored folder "folders" instead of "data"? How will Power Folder handle a folder that is sometimes available and sometimes missing?

Similar scenario: I have data on a flash drive. The flash drive is sometimes mounted in a Windows computer and sometimes it is not there. I have created a sync of a folder, say "f:\data". How will Power Folder handle this sync if "f:" is missing altogether, but Power Folder is running?

Thanks.

[Hannibal]

PowerFolder detects missing base directories of PowerFolders, when they get removed (e.g. network drive, USB drive), and ignores the files contained in the sync process.



Would this be solved by making the mirrored folder "folders" instead of "data"? How will Power Folder handle a folder that is sometimes available and sometimes missing?


Yes. The base dir is not accessible anymore => don't sync these files (and do not mark them as deleted)

Your flash drive scenario should also be gracefully handled by PowerFolder.
The only problem you might get is at startup: PowerFolder checks the basedir of all PowerFolders and complains about missing directories. If you flash drive is not available at startup, you'll get an error popup.

Best regards,
Christian