April 4, 201610 yr I have configured the user share "media" to "split level - manual: do not automatically split directories". I have a file in /mnt/user/media/downloads That directory "downloads" only exists on disk7, i.e. /mnt/disk7/media/downloads I want to move the file to /mnt/user/media/tv That directory "tv" only exists on disk1, i.e. /mnt/disk1/media/tv So when I drag and drop the file in my file manager from the samba equivalents of: /mnt/user/media/downloads to /mnt/user/media/tv I expect the file to end up in /mnt/disk1/media/tv, but instead, a new directory "tv" gets created in /mnt/disk7/media and it gets moved there. That seems to contradict my split level settings. Am I doing something wrong?
April 4, 201610 yr Community Expert I have configured the user share "media" to "split level - manual: do not automatically split directories". I have a file in /mnt/user/media/downloads That directory "downloads" only exists on disk7, i.e. /mnt/disk7/media/downloads I want to move the file to /mnt/user/media/tv That directory "tv" only exists on disk1, i.e. /mnt/disk1/media/tv So when I drag and drop the file in my file manager from the samba equivalents of: /mnt/user/media/downloads to /mnt/user/media/tv I expect the file to end up in /mnt/disk1/media/tv, but instead, a new directory "tv" gets created in /mnt/disk7/media and it gets moved there. That seems to contradict my split level settings. Am I doing something wrong? you would have to copy the file rather than move it and then delete the original. The top level does not realise that the two folders are on different disks so simply tries to rename the file which leaves it on the same disk.
April 4, 201610 yr Author Right, I agree with you that's what it is doing, but that seems like a bug in the implementation of manual split levels then.
April 4, 201610 yr Community Expert Right, I agree with you that's what it is doing, but that seems like a bug in the implementation of manual split levels then. i think it is inherent in the underlying Linux and the way it interacts with the client, and not affected by Split Levels.
April 5, 201610 yr I thought that went away, but yes it's due to the way files are handled on the filesystem which is a subsystem thing way below the split level ability to control. I've seen it to when moving files.
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