directory not empty

[arifroni]

Hello

I set up 2 folders in 2 machines (not local).

machine1(seedbox)->folder1->send only

machine2(synology)->folder2->receive only

both folders don’t have any ignore pattern.

When something is deleted in seedbox, all the files are deleted in Synology, except the folders! And i see the following error on synology:

syncthing: delete dir: remove <folder name>: directory not empty

What could be the problem here?

Thanks

[tomasz86]

From my knowledge, Synology automatically adds hidden files/folders to its folders, hence Syncthing treats them as non-empty. I have seen at least a few topics on the forum related to this. You may need to use a terminal to actually be able to see (and possibly delete) the hidden files though.

[arifroni]

thanks for the hint. I looked at synology folder from terminal. I found a folder called ‘@eaDir’. When I deleted that Syncthing is up to date now. I now need to find a way to disable the creation of that folder by synology. thanks a lot

[tomasz86]

No problem .

You may also want to try adding (?d)@eaDir to your ignore patterns. This should allow Syncthing to delete the folder if nothing but @eaDir is left in it.

[arifroni]

great. do I need to add this also to the seedbox folder? or only Synology folder’s settings is enough?

[tomasz86]

I’d say adding to Synology should be enough, as that’s where those folders originate.

[arifroni]

thanks. I will test it.