Rclone: moveto: Thinks that the file already exists if the src and dst filenames are the same

Created on 11 Oct 2017 · 1Comment · Source: rclone/rclone

What is your rclone version (eg output from rclone -V)

rclone v1.38
- os/arch: linux/arm
- go version: go1.9

Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)

Raspbian (running on a raspberry pi)

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Dropbox

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

pi@pi:~/Dropbox $ rclone --log-level DEBUG moveto "dropbox:camera uploads/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg" "dropbox:Family/Media/Photos/2017/03/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg"
2017/10/11 15:09:14 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/pi/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2017/10/11 15:09:14 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.38" starting with parameters ["rclone" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "moveto" "dropbox:camera uploads/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg" "dropbox:Family/Media/Photos/2017/03/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg"]
2017/10/11 15:09:16 INFO  : Dropbox root 'Family/Media/Photos/2017/03': Modify window is 1s
2017/10/11 15:09:16 DEBUG : Dropbox root 'Family/Media/Photos/2017/03': don't need to copy/move 2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg, it is already at target location
2017/10/11 15:09:16 INFO  :
Transferred:      0 Bytes (0 Bytes/s)
Errors:                 0
Checks:                 0
Transferred:            0
Elapsed time:        1.6s

2017/10/11 15:09:16 DEBUG : Go routines at exit 5
2017/10/11 15:09:16 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.38" finishing with parameters ["rclone" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "moveto" "dropbox:camera uploads/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg" "dropbox:Family/Media/Photos/2017/03/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg"]

Here you can see that even though the src and dst paths are different, the filenames stay the same, I'm simply trying to move a file (unmodified) from one directory to another.

To verify that the target actually does not yet exist in the remote, here is a lsd along the path that shows that the 2017 directory doesn't actually exist yet.

pi@pi:~/Dropbox $ rclone lsd dropbox:Family/Media/Photos
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2003
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2004
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2005
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2007
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2008
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2009
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2010
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2011
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2012
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2013
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2014
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2015
          -1 2017-10-11 15:10:51        -1 2016

Now when I try and run the same moveto command, but with a slightly modified filename for the dst it looks to work.

pi@pi:~/Dropbox $ rclone --log-level DEBUG moveto "dropbox:camera uploads/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg" "dropbox:Family/Media/Photos/2017/03/2017-03-06 13.33.06-a.jpg"
2017/10/11 15:17:18 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/pi/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2017/10/11 15:17:18 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.38" starting with parameters ["rclone" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "moveto" "dropbox:camera uploads/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg" "dropbox:Family/Media/Photos/2017/03/2017-03-06 13.33.06-a.jpg"]
2017/10/11 15:17:20 INFO  : Dropbox root 'Family/Media/Photos/2017/03': Modify window is 1s
2017/10/11 15:17:20 DEBUG : 2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg: Couldn't find file - need to transfer
2017/10/11 15:17:23 INFO  : 2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg: Moved (server side)
2017/10/11 15:17:23 INFO  :
Transferred:      0 Bytes (0 Bytes/s)
Errors:                 0
Checks:                 0
Transferred:            1
Elapsed time:        4.8s

2017/10/11 15:17:23 DEBUG : Go routines at exit 5
2017/10/11 15:17:23 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.38" finishing with parameters ["rclone" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "moveto" "dropbox:camera uploads/2017-03-06 13.33.06.jpg" "dropbox:Family/Media/Photos/2017/03/2017-03-06 13.33.06-a.jpg"]

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