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HI Jo Just figured out why my files do move. They are all actually under a top level directory called Media. I copy to the cache drive using the user share media so they automatically are created under a directory one level down and hence move. A subtle point that I had failed to appreciate earlier.

exactly. It also appears as if it will ignore any files at the very top level, regardless of their name. In other words, a file at /mnt/cache/ignored_file.txt will be ignored because the mover pattern is only looking at files one level below the top, and only if they are not in a top level directory whose name does not start with a period. You can run these commands and it will print the files the mover WILL move. cd /mnt/cache find -depth -type f -regex '[.]/[^.].*/.*' ! -exec fuser -s {} \; -print I am a little confused. By top level do you mean "root" because all the files I place in the root of the cache drive are moved, yet you said that mover ignores any files at the top level implying that files to be moved have to be one directory down.

This exact script works fine for me

Hi Tyrindor Just to clarify. Do you mean that the file is there but won't actually play at all, or that you just can't see it in the directory listing on the Popcorn. Not wishing to teach Grandmothers to suck eggs etc but you obviously refreshed the PopcornHour directory, beacuse they don't auto refresh.

Anything done from the linux command line when logged in as "root" will require re-running the permissions script. Hi Joe I am a little mystified by this as you made the same claim in another post (which I responded to but you didn't respond to me). I use MC from a root command logon (via Putty) to copy files around my unRaid box. I also use a PopCornHour to play these files and I have never once had to run the permissions utility. The files have always been instatntly visible to the Popcorn (once of course you refresh the PopCorn directory if you happen to be sitting in it at the time.

It does for the most part, though stuff does happen. On powering back up a parity check will start. The reiser fs will probably have to replay any journaled transactions and that can cause the drives to take forever to mount. Ok thanks for that

Ok I am not running any security. I wonder if that is the difference

Excuse the ignorance of a novice, but just what does unRaid do if the power suddenly stops to the box. I would have thought that the data on the drives would remain intact, unless of course a write happened to be occurring at that instant.

That's strange. I run the same version and have no problems with my Popcorn Hour (A200). Are you adding files direct to the drives or through a user share

Using 5.0 beta 6 my discs would not spin down when set to default. Changed the setting on each individual drive to 15 mins (the default setting) and they worked fine after that. Should have probably reported it but just fixed the problem and moved on.

Almost true... It is ALSO needed if you log in as "root" and move or copy any files between disks using native command line commands or "mc" That is because they would end up owned by "root" and not visible to the LAN which is logging in as "nobody" Joe L. Hi Joe I am intriqued that you said that. I log into the unraid box as root using putty, and have copied numerous files using MC (but always using the user share paths and not the mnts direct) and the copied files have always been seen on the network without using the permissions utility. So why? Wayne

Then you have people like me who built a system from scratch, with no linux knowledge, using all WD 2 TB EARS drives and it has been running for well over a month now with only one reboot when I added a cache drive in and hasn't missed a beat.

The difference in performance and flexibilty using a cache drive is such that I can't believe anyone not wanting to use one. I can move files to the unraid box very quickly (up to 70mBytes/sec from one of my computers) and the moved files are immediately available to other users in their appropriate share. The system moves the cached files to the array every 12 hours. Admittedly I am using a Pro licence so that using a valuable drive slot for the cache is not an issue, but the performance gains would be worth it even on the plus version. IMHO

Forgive if this is a naieve question, but is there a way to put the box running unRaid and its flavour of Linux into standby and have it wake on network access.

Please excuse my noviceness, but this (midnight commander?) will be a command line won't it? What parameters will be needed