folders do not yet exist

Posts: 5 · whitebeard 9 Dec 2021, 23:46

I just upgraded to 11.15 and now get this message. The folders certainly do exist. What is this nsupposed to mean?

Posts: 1202 · therube 10 Dec 2021, 17:37

Other then upgrade, you've made no changes in FFS itself, nor to the locations/names of your From/To pairs (including the devices they point to)?

Care to provide a bit more detail as to your particular situation. Screenshot of your sync folders...

Posts: 5 · whitebeard 10 Dec 2021, 20:29

Sorry, it's not doing it today.
I did click the Ignore button yesterday.

It's working fine. I have a folder containing about 2 TB of videos, and an identical backup on another drive.
It found a few problems where there was an extra space in a name on one drive, or a spelling error, etc.
I fixed them all, and now it passes comparision by time and size.
Sure beats doing it manually.

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 12 Dec 2021, 15:53

I love the "I got an error message but already completely ignored and hid all relevant info, please help!"
Glad it's working I guess

Posts: 5 · whitebeard 12 Dec 2021, 16:46

The full error message was something like "Folders do not yet exist. They will be created when they are needed." Since the program works ok since I clicked Ignore, there is no help needed. I was, and am, curious just what it means. Since it's your program, I thought you would know. Maybe the person who wrote the program originally is no longer with the company? Anyway, it wasn't really any better than a message "Error 1234 occured" (which I have seen from far too many programs), but it was more interesting. I've been retired for 21 years and find something like this is amusing and helps fight the Covid-19 induced boredom.

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 12 Dec 2021, 18:03

It's not my program, just a technician helping people use the software I use

Posts: 1202 · therube 13 Dec 2021, 16:33

I believe, that on a sync, if the To directory does not exist, you'll get that message.

Similarly, if you've renamed/moved the To directory, it "does not exist" (in the sense that it was renamed, moved), & so that message (again) clues you in, that "something happened".