SFTP doesn't detect renames

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tim

Hi, I noticed that FFS doesn't seem to be detecting renamed files on my SFTP server. Timestamps are being read correctly, and syncing to the same folder on the same server via Samba works as expected. Any ideas? Many thanks, Tim
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therube

What Sync settings are you using?
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tim

Two-way, with "Detect Moved files" ticked. In the SFTP vs Samba test, the config files were copies of each other with only the server path changed.
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Plerry

FFS performs the detection of moved files based on file-IDs.
Not all implementations of SFTP do necessarily support the use of file-IDs.
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Zenju

FFS performs the detection of moved files based on file-IDs.
Not all implementations of SFTP do necessarily support the use of file-IDs. Plerry, 13 Jul 2020, 07:22
Worse: libssh2 doesn't support file IDs, so this is a limitation for SFTP in general.
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tim

OK, thanks for the info.