Switch copy to server fails because hidden file or directory already exists
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:17 pm
I seem to encounter this problem quite often.
I am running Switch 2021 on a Mac. The Mac is iMac, late 2013 running OS 10.15.7 Catalina.
I have many flows that copy jobs to a NAS server mounted on the Mac via smb share.
Often my flows work well. But at random times, the files or folders simply will not copy to the NAS. In the message log it says "Failed to move job to Folder". The folder identified in the message is on the NAS.
I can turn on hidden files on the Mac. I can see that the files or folders are there on the NAS, but they are hidden. They also end up in Problem Jobs.
Does anyone have any idea how to get around this problem? I can't find anything wrong with the flows. It's just copying files. The very last step of the flow. That is what fails.
This doesn't happen with just one flow, it's any of them that copy to the NAS server. And it's hit and miss – some jobs complete, no problem, others fail. I have seen a job fail, then later I try the same job again and it goes through.
I am running Switch 2021 on a Mac. The Mac is iMac, late 2013 running OS 10.15.7 Catalina.
I have many flows that copy jobs to a NAS server mounted on the Mac via smb share.
Often my flows work well. But at random times, the files or folders simply will not copy to the NAS. In the message log it says "Failed to move job to Folder". The folder identified in the message is on the NAS.
I can turn on hidden files on the Mac. I can see that the files or folders are there on the NAS, but they are hidden. They also end up in Problem Jobs.
Does anyone have any idea how to get around this problem? I can't find anything wrong with the flows. It's just copying files. The very last step of the flow. That is what fails.
This doesn't happen with just one flow, it's any of them that copy to the NAS server. And it's hit and miss – some jobs complete, no problem, others fail. I have seen a job fail, then later I try the same job again and it goes through.