On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 08:12:18PM +0200, Daniel Molkentin wrote:
> On 26.09.2015 14:27, Chris Green wrote:
> > I have a folder I want to synchronize that fairly regularly becomes
> > empty, this provokes the Owncloud pop-up with the title "Remove All
> > Files?" and you have to select either the "Remove all files" button or
> > "Keep files".
> >
> > Is there anyway of stopping this behaviour?  It's a real pain!  I just
> > want the option of saying 'this directory is allowed to become empty'.
> >
> > I don't really follow the logic of the message anyway, why is removing
> > the last of ten files any more likely to be an error than removing the
> > first one?
> Because that's not the logic. It does not discriminate between how many
> files are left. It just notices that after a sync run, all files are
> gone. This was implemented to protect from user errors on server and
> client side, as well as errors in the sync logic. We did not add a
> threshold, because there is no useful value (when is it ok? If only 5
> files are left? 1? 10? 100?).
> 
> There is currently no option to disable this behavior.
> 
OK, thanks.

I've implemented a workaround (that works for me anyway), that is to
put an empty file in the directory in question.

-- 
Chris Green
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