nitroshare-desktop empty directory created corresponding to every file transferred

I am using NitroShare (V 0.3.3 linux x86_64) for the first time to transfer between two PCs running Ubuntu 18.04.

I sent a directory with subdirectories from A to B.

If a subdirectory on A had contents:

a_directory
file1.csv
file2.txt

Then the received directory on B had contents:

a_directory <-- (the transferred subdirectory)
file1.csv <-- (an empty directory)
file2.txt <-- (an empty directory)
file1-2.csv <-- (the transferred file)
file2-2.txt <-- (the transferred file)

That is, for every file transferred it also created an empty directory with the same name and it has renamed the files by appending "-2" to the file name stem.

Jun 13 '18 22:06 rgayler

i have the same problem ubuntu 18.04

Jun 20 '18 23:06 rekom

I am using Nitroshare on two Linux Mint machines. It transfers some of the files but creates empty folders for others. It does not seem to be related to the "identical names" setting since I am writing to an empty folder. Are there logs to indicate why it is failing? I suspect permissions.

Jul 15 '18 15:07 duperdog

The same problem here; using Linux Mint 19 and Nitroshare Version 0.3.3 x86_64: Transferred files appear together with additionally created empty directories . So I switched back to version 0.3.1 temporarily.

Aug 29 '18 09:08 Jildridge

Thanks @Juldridge - I hadn't thought of that.

The Ubuntu 18.04 distro only knows about NitroShare 0.3.3 so I tried adding the NitroShare PPA. This got me a "no Release file" error (issue #201) I worked around that by changing the repository distro from bionic to artful (issue #196) The artful repository only gave me the choice of NitroShare 0.3.4 - but that fixes issue #200

Yay!!

Sep 09 '18 03:09 rgayler

@rgayler Thx for reply. I tried to install version 0.3.4 as well; downloaded it from launchpad first, but the tar.gz file seemed/seems to be corrupted. Anyway, the file from github has done the job for me now.

Oct 05 '18 11:10 Jildridge

@Jildridge

The same problem here; using Linux Mint 19 and Nitroshare Version 0.3.3 x86_64: Transferred files appear together with additionally created empty directories . So I switched back to version 0.3.1 temporarily.

I had the same problem, so I removed 0.3.3, then downloaded the 0.3.1 deb from here https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/16.04/ubuntu-universe-i386/nitroshare_0.3.1-1ubuntu1_i386.deb.html and installed it. It works. I'd like to know how to stop 0.3.1 being upgraded whenever I do an update.

Dec 04 '18 13:12 ChrisOfBristol

Hi @ChrisOfBristol Should be an easy task: When nitroshare pops up in the update manager to be updated, just right click on it and you will be given the option to exclude the chosen item from updates. Hope that helps.

Dec 05 '18 11:12 Jildridge

@Jildridge, thanks for that. Now you mention it, I'm sure I've seen that sometimes.

Dec 05 '18 12:12 ChrisOfBristol

I can confirm the problem: NitroShare 0.3.3 in Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 64-bit, installed from Repo