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Better error message if sync failes because FS can't handle long file names #4526

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guettli opened this issue Sep 19, 2019 · 1 comment
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enhancement hotspot: device storage Storage (on-device) related. Permissions, paths, inconsistencies, etc.

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guettli commented Sep 19, 2019

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have files with long file names:

kinder/Michael_Ende_gelesen_von_Thomas_Schendel-Jim_Knopf_und_die_Wilde_13_1._Das_Meeresleuchten/4.Viertes_Kapitel,_in_dem_die_Reisenden_eine_seltsame_Bekanntschaft_machen,_die_sie_zu_einem_Abstecher_ins_Barbarische_Meer_veranlasst.ogg

If I try to sync these files via the android app. It fails.

It fails because my external sd card uses a fat filesystem.

It is 100% ok that it fails.

But a better error message would help very much.

I guess it would even help you, since a lot of vague complaints would
get much more precise.

Describe the solution you'd like

For example a message like this:

Sync failed. The file name is long. It is likely that your storage does not support long file names. The file system type of your storage is NAME_OF_FILESYSTEMTYPE

@joshtrichards joshtrichards added the hotspot: device storage Storage (on-device) related. Permissions, paths, inconsistencies, etc. label Oct 9, 2023
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Related: #3197

Might be addressed by #11384.

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