[Bug 700214] Re: File went missing as soon as download completed
I have the same issue, on Ubuntu 17.10. I solved it by moving the download-to directory to home. My "Desktop" is a symlink to DropBox/Desktop, which is a DropBox, with that may entail. In summary - my suspicion is that it is DropBox to blame. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700214 Title: File went missing as soon as download completed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/700214/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 700214] Re: File went missing as soon as download completed
[Expired for transmission (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: transmission (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700214 Title: File went missing as soon as download completed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 700214] Re: File went missing as soon as download completed
Hi Matt, Thanks for reporting this issue. I've downloaded that same file to my ~/Desktop and everything seems to be alright. So I'm wondering if there is something different between our two configurations. Here are a couple of questions that might help us to figure out what happened: * In Edit Preferences Torrents, do you have an incomplete directory configured? * What is your default Download directory? * Did you use Add Torrent and then set ~/Desktop as the download path? Or, did you move it to ~/Desktop after downloading it? * Do you have append .part to incomplete files checked? * This is a long shot, but if you search your hard drive for the .iso, does it show up anywhere? ** Changed in: transmission (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700214 Title: File went missing as soon as download completed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 700214] Re: File went missing as soon as download completed
Hi Jordan, thanks for responding. I'm aware of how hard tracking bugs down is and unfortunately this seems pretty hard to reproduce. This is the first time I have used Transmission, and I haven't fiddled with any of the settings, so they should be the default for Ubuntu. * My default Save to Location is ~/Desktop. * My Edit - Preferences - Torrents keep incomplete torrents in checkbox is unchecked. * I do have append .part to incomplete files checked. * I just added the file and started downloading it; I did not manually specify to store it on the desktop. I remember seeing the file partially downloaded on the Desktop as it was going (but I don't remember whether or not it had a .part extension). * I searched my hard drive for the .iso. I found a copy I downloaded using another program (since then), so I don't think Transmission put it there. That one downloaded to ~, so there is a slight chance Transmission put it in ~ and then I overwrote it with this other program, but I don't think so. By your question about the .part, do you think Transmission somehow forgot to set the filename to .part (of the partial download), then when it went to delete the .part file, accidentally deleted the original? Anyway now that I'm not in immediate need of this file, I will try to repeat the exact same steps and see if I can get it to happen again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700214 Title: File went missing as soon as download completed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 700214] Re: File went missing as soon as download completed
Although, a quick check of the source code (torrent.c:tr_torrentFileCompleted) indicates that it doesn't attempt to delete the old file, only renames from the .part name to the completed name (using the standard library 'rename' function, which is guaranteed to do nothing if for some reason both the oldname and newname are identical). So that can't be it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700214 Title: File went missing as soon as download completed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 700214] Re: File went missing as soon as download completed
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