Release 8.3 no longer syncs to NAS

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twferg

I use the Windows version of FFS. Great product, but I updated to release 8.3 today and can no longer sync to my Linux NAS. SAMBA file sharing has never been a problem in previous releases of FFS. I'm getting the following message as FFS attempts to add each new file to the NAS.

"Cannot write file attributes of "\\TOMS-WEBSRV\Toms Media Red3\media\Music\Amos Lee\Amos Lee\01 Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight.mp3.ffs_tmp".

Error Code 1: Incorrect function. (DeviceIoControl, FSCTL_SET_SPARSE)"

I've tried running FFS with admin rights, but that doesn't help. Is there a solution for this error?

Thanks,

Tom Ferguson
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Zenju

The source file reports itself as sparse and the target volume says it supports sparse files. Obviously someone isn't telling the truth (to FreeFileSync).
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twferg

Thank you, Zenju, for your response. However, it doesn't offer a solution and I simply lack the technical background to ferret one out for myself. I did install the trial version of Goodsync to see if it would encounter the same or similar error. Goodsync ran without reporting any errors and I verified that the copied files are identical on the destination device. I'll continue to update FFS and hope that future releases solve the problem that I've encountered. Thanks again, Tom
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Zenju

If you send me a Process Monitor trace (https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#trace) for a copy operation that leads to the above error, maybe there is a workaround to detect and avoid this issue.