Ignore files from Recycle Bin in Windows

[arg274]

Description

Navidrome seems to pick up files from the Recycle Bin in Windows since the folders are not blacklisted.

Expected Behaviour

Ignore any file in Recycle Bin so that trashed files don't appear in ND.

Steps to reproduce

1. Let ND scan for media files via any of the supported means.

Platform information

• Operating System: Windows 10 x86_64 binary

Additional information

The folder for recycle bins are usually named $RECYCLE.BIN and are located at the root of a drive. So, if ND is pointed to scan from a root, it will inevitably pick up these folders. Folder name is case-insensitive (i. e. they can be named $Recycle.Bin as well).

[metalheim]

Would it be feasible to add a file called ".ndignore" in the recycle bin folder?

[arg274]

Would it be feasible to add a file called ".ndignore" in the recycle bin folder?

I don't think that should be the recommended approach. There might be some hacky solution that I'm not aware of but the Recycle Bin isn't really meant to be a place for users to create files in.

[metalheim]

Agree, Come to think about it, it's a bad idea, even if it worked, it could get easily deleted..

[Uatschitchun]

Why would one add a system's root as source?

[arg274]

Why would one add a system's root as source?

Not sure where you're getting that from. Windows keeps recycle bin per partition/drive. It's not an anomaly for me (or anyone using Windows, as a matter of fact) to dedicate one drive to music and point ND towards the root of that drive, especially since ND doesn't support multi-libraries yet.

[JayKaku]

Description

Navidrome seems to pick up files from the Recycle Bin in Windows since the folders are not blacklisted.

Expected Behaviour

Ignore any file in Recycle Bin so that trashed files don't appear in ND.

Steps to reproduce

1. Let ND scan for media files via any of the supported means.

Platform information

• Operating System: Windows 10 x86_64 binary

Additional information

The folder for recycle bins are usually named $RECYCLE.BIN and are located at the root of a drive. So, if ND is pointed to scan from a root, it will inevitably pick up these folders. Folder name is case-insensitive (i. e. they can be named $Recycle.Bin as well).

Apologies for being out of context but could you tell me how exactly did you setup navidrome for windows

[deluan]

@JayKaku , it is better to ask this in our Discord channel. Also check the docs for setting up the environment: https://www.navidrome.org/docs/developers/dev-environment/

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[arg274]

This is still an issue and I still have to empty my bin before doing a Navidrome scan to avoid unintended files from being added, not sure what extra detail to provide.

[deluan]

@arg274 I think I got it. Can you please test it?

[arg274]

@deluan Yep, seems to have fixed it.

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