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Can't delete filebot.metadata files

Posted: 07 Sep 2022, 11:13
by EvilWayz
Linux insists there is no such file or directory so my hard drive is littered with these files.

for example:

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Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil - 1x01 - He's Not the Messiah, He's a DJ.avi:net.filebot.metadata

Re: Can't delete filebot.metadata files

Posted: 07 Sep 2022, 15:07
by rednoah
Screenshots? At first glance, it looks like you're somehow seeing the xattr metadata that is attached to each media file.


:?: What File Manager are you using to view file listings on the client-side?


:?: What SMB configuration are you using on the server-side?


:idea: xattr metadata can technically be seen as "file" (i.e. arbitrary data) internally on the file system level, but it's not typically displayed as such by file managers because it's not a "file" as end-users would typically understand the concept.

Re: Can't delete filebot.metadata files

Posted: 08 Sep 2022, 14:32
by EvilWayz
Thunar, smb2

Re: Can't delete filebot.metadata files

Posted: 08 Sep 2022, 15:11
by rednoah
:?: Do you have a Windows or Mac machine? Do Windows Explorer / Mac Finder display xattr as files?


:?: What software are you using on the server-side? Synology NAS? QNAP NAS? Custom Linux with SMB service installed? What file system are the files stored on on-device? ext4? Or perhaps an external NTFS drive that's just being shared? Feel free to elaborate on the context with many words. Feel free to investigate and try different things.


:idea: You can disable xattr metadata to make FileBot not write xattr and thus not create the things that appear as file:attribute items in your file manager. As for deleting them. Not sure. Maybe you can configure SMB to just not display them.