filebot watcher looping

[turtlejay]

for some reason watcher is running over and over with no changes to the files. the following happens on repeat:

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Waiting 60 seconds for changes to settle down...
Run script [fn:amc] at [Wed Nov 02 01:29:46 GMT 2022]
Parameter: excludeList = .excludes
Parameter: unsorted = y
Parameter: music = y
Parameter: artwork = y
Argument[0]: /volume1/complete/tv
Use excludes: /volume1/media/.excludes (1053)
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E28.Stories.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E35.Smoochy.Kiss.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Welcome.to.Wrexham.S01E03.Rebuilding.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Welcome.to.Wrexham.S01E06.Hamilton.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Welcome.to.Wrexham.S01E04.Home.Opener.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E27.Musical.Statues.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E32.Tradies.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Welcome.to.Wrexham.S01E01.Dream.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E30.Turtleboy.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E23.Family.Meeting.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E29.Puppets.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E33.Granny.Mobile.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E37.The.Decider.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E34.Space.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Welcome.to.Wrexham.S01E02.Reality.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E36.Dirt.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
File does not exist: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.2018.S03E31.Onesies.720p.WEB-IPT.mp4
Skip short video: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.S01E49.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT/bluey.s01e49.1080p.web.h264-salt/Bluey.S01E49.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT/Bluey.S01E49.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT.mkv [PT7M17.984S]
Skip short video: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.S01E50.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT/bluey.s01e50.1080p.web.h264-salt/Bluey.S01E50.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT/Bluey.S01E50.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT.mkv [PT7M17.984S]
Skip short video: /volume1/complete/tv/Bluey.S01E51.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT/bluey.s01e51.1080p.web.h264-salt/Bluey.S01E51.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT/Bluey.S01E51.1080p.WEB.h264-SALT.mkv [PT7M8S]
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script had been working fine.

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services:
  filebot:
    container_name: filebot-watcher
    image: rednoah/filebot:watcher
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - /share/Download/FileBot:/data
      - /share/Download:/volume1
    command: /volume1/complete/tv --output /volume1/media --action duplicate --conflict auto

edit- ive tried deleting the excludes file and its still looking for these files that dont exist. ive even rebuilt the docker from scratch

[rednoah]

Why does inotifywait continuously detect changes in your watch folder? Are you continuously making changes in the watch folder?


File does not exist suggests that the given file was there when the amc script started running but was then moved or deleted by another process, or is just invisible / inaccessible due to permissions. The filebot-watcher bash script notably calls the amc script on the complete input folder (and not just a specific newly added file) for each run, so the given file path that "does not exist" must have been in the directory listing of its parent folder.


Please read [DOCS] How do I use the rednoah/filebot:watcher docker container? for general help and usage information.

[turtlejay]

i had made no changes to this folder at all during this loop. in fact before setting up the watch folders i had just deleted the entire folder and .excludes file in order to try to eliminate the loop. is there another file somewhere it pulls info from?

[rednoah]

You could modify the bash script in the container and add additional debug logging so that you can see what files trigger inotifywait repeatedly:

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inotifywait -m "$1" -e create -e moved_to -e modify --exclude '/[.@]' --format '%w%f' $INOTIFYWAIT_OPTS | stdbuf -oL uniq | while read -r FILE; do
    echo "$FILE"
done