Syntax error on syncing folders called '3 years later' about gphotos-sync HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi @felix-h-kong that does look like the folder name is illegal in your filesystem. I go to lots of trouble to try and make filenames and folder names that are legal in the code. I can't see what the problem is with that folder name, ext4 would normally allow this:

[hgv27681@pc0116 ~]$ cd /tmp
[hgv27681@pc0116 tmp]$ mkdir -p 'media/felix/extreme-ssd/google-photos-sync/felix/albums/2019/1219 3 years since...'
[hgv27681@pc0116 tmp]$ ls media/felix/extreme-ssd/google-photos-sync/felix/albums/2019/1219\ 3\ years\ since.../
[hgv27681@pc0116 tmp]$ 

Do you know what filesystem your extreme-ssd is formatted with? gphotos-sync tries to detect what is legal on the drive and change filenames to match but can sometimes get it wrong.

If your filesystem is NTFS that might explain it because I think ... might be illegal. You could try passing the command line argument --ntfs which will force use of stricter ntfs filenaming.

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Oh, you are absolutely right - I forgot, it is NTFS, not ext4 as i'm usually using. I will try with --ntfs and report back.

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Yep, gphotos-sync . --ntfs is exactly what I needed. Should've read the manual more carefully haha. Thanks!

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Thanks for updating. You are not completely to blame as the code is supposed to detect NTFS, but I must have put that option in due to that check being imperfect.

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