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New video of files getting wiped

http://tinyurl.com/mon62s

This time it occurs with the default Mac TextEdit application — CSSEdit is not even open.

It is currently 2009/07/14 @ 11:42AM EST

The drive is still mounted. I can reproduce the issue right now if any of the Expandrive guys wants to screenshare or anything. I can set up a GoToMeeting or whatever.

I will stand by as long as possible.

My AIM handle is zachharkey
My Phone number is 404-561-1124

SFTP protocol version 3
(using a port other than 22)

This does not happen with all CSS files. I'm not sure if remote path has anything to do with it. I have been using Expandrive + Textmate + CSSEdit combination for a little over a year, and this is probably the 4th or 5th time this exact thing has happened with CSSEdit (all occurrences have been since the Expandrive 2 update). Although I have had periodic issues with file corruption. (e.g. files getting shuffled together haphazardly) with Textmate and BBEdit.

I wish I had more details, but to be honest, once I isolated the cause I was more interested in immediately ending this behavior and preventing data loss than reproducing the scenario. I just happened to be shooting some screencasts for something else at the time, so I was able to get it on tape.

That said, here is some information that may be helpful:

I tried to modify the exact same files with Textmate and BBEdit. Textmate crashed altogether and BBEdit gave permission warnings and would not let me save.

Also, the directory I had mounted with Expandrive as user: harkeynet was originally created and owned by root:root. I shut Expandrive and CSSEdit down and chowned the files to harkeynet:psacln. After this, I mounted the drive with Expandrive and performed the exact same file procedure in the video without further incident.

Local Machine
Mac Pro
Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08

Local OS
Mac OS X Version 10.5.7

Local Apps
ExpanDrive 2.0.2
CSSEdit 2.6

Remote OS
Linux 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5

The instance recorded in the video was using SFTP.

Emptying the trash on both the desktop and web version did the trick. It isn't even obvious that there is an Empty trash feature on the desktop version. Took me a few minutes to find it (left sidebar, bottom, click the little gear icon).

Thanks Kevin!

Just updated to Version 1.4.4. Problem persists. Beginning to wonder if Evernote even monitors these threads.

I'm getting hammered with the same error message.

Tried removing most recently added notes through web interface. Tried removing colons from note titles too, but the problem persists.

My console is going nuts repeating a single error message, which makes me think that there is one single note causing the problem. But I can't figure out how to identify which note corresponds with this error.

Here is a screenshot of my Console log:

How exactly are you manually refreshing? If I make file system changes through the command line, they are not showing up immediately. The only way I have figured out to force a refresh is to literally restart ExpanDrive. – Zach, on May 06, 2009 18:59

This patched version fixes several huge issues I was having, including extreme slowness and the refusal to list the contents of entire directories. – Zach, on April 29, 2009 13:32