Unexpected folder path

[francuss]

Which version of floccus are you using?

5.8.0

How many bookmarks do you have, roughly?

2000

Are you using other means to sync bookmarks in parallel to floccus?

no

Sync method

WebDAV

Which browser are you using? In case you are using the phone App, specify the Android or iOS version and device please.

Brave-browser

Which version of Nextcloud Bookmarks are you using? (if relevant)

No response

Which version of Nextcloud? (if relevant)

No response

What kind of WebDAV server are you using? (if relevant)

I am getting this error:
E045: Unexpected folder path. The local sync folder for this profile used to be at /Bookmarks/Floccus (ff@nxxxxx.your-storageshare.de) but is now at /Bookmarks. Please make sure this is intended and set the local sync folder again in the profile settings. | Last synchronized: 4 months ago

Describe the Bug

It worked for years, but now this error appeared.

Expected Behavior

I expected going on without errors

To Reproduce

No idea

Debug log provided

• I have provided a debug log file

[github-actions]

Hello! 👋

Thank you for taking the time to open this issue with floccus. I know it's frustrating when software causes problems. You have made the right choice to come here and open an issue to make sure your problem gets looked at and if possible solved. Let me give you a short introduction on what to expect from this issue tracker to avoid misunderstandings. I'm Marcel. I created floccus a few years ago, and have been maintaining it since. I currently work for Nextcloud which leaves me with less time for side projects like this one than I used to have. I still try to answer all issues and if possible fix all bugs here, but it sometimes takes a while until I get to it. Until then, please be patient. It helps when you stick around to answer follow up questions I may have, as very few bugs can be fixed directly from the first bug report, without any interaction. If information is missing in your bug report and the issue cannot be solved without it, I will have to close the issue after a while. Note also that GitHub in general is a place where people meet to make software better together. Nobody here is under any obligation to help you, solve your problems or deliver on any expectations or demands you may have, but if enough people come together we can collaborate to make this software better. For everyone. Thus, if you can, you could also have a look at other issues to see whether you can help other people with your knowledge and experience. If you have coding experience it would also be awesome if you could step up to dive into the code and try to fix the odd bug yourself. Everyone will be thankful for extra helping hands! If you cannot lend a helping hand, to continue the development and maintenance of this project in a sustainable way, I ask that you donate to the project when opening an issue (or at least once your issue is solved), if you're not a donor already. You can find donation options at https://floccus.org/donate/. Thank you!

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Thank you for reading through this primer. I look forward to working with you on this issue! Cheers! 💙

[marcelklehr]

Hello @francuss
Thank you for taking the time to give feedback by opening this issue! What is not clear to you about this error message? It asks you to go into the settings and set the local folder path again, to confirm that this is what you want to sync.

[francuss]

I Marcel, many thanks for replying so fast. I am also sending automatically some money to this project every month.
What is not clear is that I have no idea which is the correct local folder path. It was set up somehow years ago. And it always worked. Now this message is appearing. Sometimes it stops appearing, but most of the times it appears.

What is not clear with the error message? (The local sync folder for this profile used to be at /Bookmarks/Floccus (ff@nxxxxx.your-storageshare.de) but is now at /Bookmarks.)

It seems this message asks to copy "/Bookmarks/Floccus (ff@nxxxxx.your-storageshare.de)" in place of " /Bookmarks/"

But is it correct considering that (ff@nxxxxx.your-storageshare.de) is the address of the server, not, as I understand , of the local folder?

I do not want to break everything.

Is there a way to check which is the correct local folder?

Best

[marcelklehr]

Thank you for your donations 💙 Much appreciated!

The background is that it can sometimes happen that the folder that is synced by floccus changes right under its nose. That's what this warning is for, because people have been hit by this happening to them inadvertantly. However, in your case you probably do not even have a folder at "Bookmarks" -> "Floccus (ff@nxxxxx.your-storageshare.de)" anymore. You can quickly check this and then just go to the floccus profile settings and set the local folder to "Bookmarks" again. Then it will stop bothering you :)

[marcelklehr]

@francuss Did this help you? :)

[francuss]

Yes, that folder related to Floccus did not exist really, so I tried to set /Bookmarks/ as local folder, but it was already this way, so I did nothing, I only saved it and it stopped giving the error.

It seems a strange behavior, but it worked