Am I missing something

[calibanie]

Hey

I have a watcher set to auto download. This is so I can have one way sync. Problem is as soon the download completes and the watcher checks again it's not seeing that it already completed and restarts the job.
I have the error settings set to resume so I'd have assumed it would ignore identical files?

[calibanie]

Also just checked by changing to Sync: Updated Mac and it has restarted downloading the file again so it must be a setting somewhere else that I'm missing perhaps?

[JD]

It sounds like either you have a time zone difference between yourself and the server which isn't accounted for in the Watcher settings Time Offset, or the repeating files are text files with different line endings so while they have the same date they are different sizes. For the latter, un-check the 'Compare sizes if dates match' option in the Watcher setup.

[calibanie]

Thanks for that. It seems to have fixed the existing problem. This is where it gets more confusing.

The original job I went back and updated the settings for. The is now working as normal (for now). So I created another job to the same server but a different folder. Other than the folder destinations the settings are identical.

Type: Sync: Update mac
Unticked: compare sizes if dates match during syncs

It seems to be stuck in the same loop again. If it is the timezone then the original job I posted about would now be up to date. (Im in NZ, server is in Europe). Thats the only thing I can account for. The settings on the jobs I have created differ slightly in the Time Offset. I haven't adjusted these. Some are saying its out by 4 seconds behind, some are showing 0 offset and one is showing 22 minutes offset behind.

[JD]

The time offset certain seems to be the issue.

Yummy tries to calculate the offset automatically when you connect to the server to choose the local and remote folders. If you go back to edit your Watchers one by one and click the Select button next to the local/remote path setting you'll get the FTP browser open… watch it and it should calculate the offset. Make sure give it enough time to calculate - it should read Idle at the bottom when done. Then click Choose, ensuring you are already at the right local/remote folders of course. Does the time offset setting change?

If the value is inconsistent then its no wonder files are getting re-transferred.

Can you connect to your server(s) with Yummy FTP trial version? I want to see a transcript file from connecting with the auto-detect time offset option enabled so I can see what's going on with it. I don't have any reports of this failing as yet...

[calibanie]

Problem fixed.

I guess what was happening was when I was setting up my Watchers I was hitting choose once the folders and files had loaded. Which would explain where weird offsets were being generated from.

I let each one idle out and let it run a few times and it seems to be working a dream now.

Thank you so much for your help

[JD]

Excellent.

Yes, what you've described is a known issue if you click Choose too quickly. I'll address it in an update