._ files have appeared that wont sync

Posts: 3 · jedflash 10 Nov 2016, 13:14

Hi,

Ive been using this program without problem until today.

A number of copies of files have appeared in folders all over the filestore i am syncing. They are copies of the same filesnames i am trying to sync but with ._ at the start of them.

._ files will not sync correctly

Does freefilesync create ._ files in any way, for any reason if only temp?

This is quite urgent so any quick help would be great

Cheers

JF

Posts: 7052 · Zenju 10 Nov 2016, 14:43

These files are not created by FreeFileSync.

Posts: 3 · jedflash 10 Nov 2016, 15:41

Cheers for the quick reply - i will look elsewhere for the problem

Posts: 3 · jedflash 18 Nov 2016, 11:06

Is there any reason why freefilesync would not transfer files that start with ._

They seem to try and fail each time

Posts: 3 · MPX 19 Nov 2016, 02:03

jedflash -

I may have replicated the problem.

I attempted to sync multiple files starting with "._" and while they did indeed sync successfully, they were marked as "Hidden", even though the original files were not marked "Hidden". Something happens during the syncing process that marks them as Hidden.

If you change your settings to show hidden files, you may find them.