Syncthing is failing to sync between windows & Linux

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I am trying to setup syncthing to my unused windows laptop. But after setup, some of my files are getting out of sync error:

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the folder structure is:

  • 1.Python has 1. Procedural & 2. Object-Oriented
    1. Procedural has two folders called Day 29 - 55 & Day 1 - 28
  • Both of them have files like 31 - Python Sets.md

i guess it’s problem with stupid windows as my linux & Android devices are not having any problem.

  • Now how to solve this problem?
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Going after the error message: remove the trailing space from [1. Procedural ]?

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Oh, it’s saying about space at the end😅 I didn’t even notice it was there!

And why is windows so picky😮‍💨 it didn’t create any problem in my main linux pc & Android…

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It’s very easy to overlook :slight_smile:

And for the latter, it seems to just be unsupported in the Windows shell and UI:

Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn

  • Do not end a file or directory name with a space or a period. Although the underlying file system may support such names, the Windows shell and user interface does not. However, it is acceptable to specify a period as the first character of a name. For example, “.temp”.

I suppose Syncthing just follows these naming conventions for Windows machines for certainty’s sake.

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Android has many limitations as well due to using VFAT on its internal storage, so be careful, because if you use any of characters like " * / : < > ? \ | in your filenames on Linux, they won’t sync to Android too :wink:.

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:neutral_face: that’s scary…