#62 IOException: Could not list the content of [path] because it is not a folder

[Eusebius]

I have just installed 0.10.1 on Win7 32 bits, and set up a profile to backup c: on e:. I get an IOException when I launch the task:

java.io.IOException: Could not list the contents of "file:///C:/ProgramData/Application Data" because it is not a folder.
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.fs.connection.CommonsVfsConnection.getChildren(CommonsVfsConnection.java:93)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.fs.connection.AbstractFile.refresh(AbstractFile.java:210)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.fs.connection.AbstractFile.getChildren(AbstractFile.java:150)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.synchronizeDirectories(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:123)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.recurse(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:70)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.synchronizeNodes(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:100)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.synchronizeDirectories(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:135)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.recurse(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:70)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.synchronizeNodes(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:100)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.TaskGeneratorImpl.synchronizeDirectories(TaskGeneratorImpl.java:135)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.AbstractTaskGenerator.execute(AbstractTaskGenerator.java:168)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.impl.AbstractTaskGenerator.execute(AbstractTaskGenerator.java:132)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.Synchronizer.executeProfile(Synchronizer.java:65)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.ui.MainWindow.doRunProfile(MainWindow.java:638)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.ui.MainWindow.access$400(MainWindow.java:56)
at net.sourceforge.fullsync.ui.MainWindow$28.run(MainWindow.java:614)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Indeed, there is no folder (or file) called "Application Data" in "ProgramData".

This bug simply prevents from using the software (blocking).

[Christoph]

you can add a filter to your profile to ignore that "ProgramData".

you will need a few more such filters to successfully backup C: to E:, and i hope you understand that FullSync is not suitable to do full system backups.

HTH

[Eusebius]

I certainly don't want to ignore "ProgramData", I want to backup it. Does it mean that this will not be considered a bug?

No, I am not aware that FullSync is not suitable for full system backups, because I haven't found any advertisement of such a limitation in the documentation.

[Christoph]

ah sorry i meant to ignore the "non existing" "Application Data".
I do consider this a bug of course, but I'm not sure how i will be able to fix this bug, and if it's worth the effort.

Yeah i should probably add that to the documentation.

[Eusebius]

OK, thanks for the information.