DTG: ‘Found documents with empty file path”

DEVONthink To Go
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When I sync, I repeatedly get this error, which references “on this device/devonthink/console.log”. How can I fix this?

I also get a notice that a database error was fixed.

This occurred after I switched sync from Dropbox to iCloud and back to Dropbox since iCloud wasn’t working well.

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Have you checked the log in that location? Files App > On My iPhone > DEVONthink > console.log will actually contain further details on the file(s) affected.

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  • What verison of DEVONthink To Go are you running?
  • If you upgraded from DEVONthink To Go 2.x, did you remove version 2 after upgrading?
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DTG 3.5.5 on iPhone. I don’t seem to have a problem on ipad. On IPhone console log, I read:

VERIFY: Content missing file path: Interesting Reads:/1_s2.0_S0149763416301166_main/

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I removed version 2 after upgrading.

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I removed the “missing file” and it seems to work ok. It pays to read the console log! Thanks everyone.

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Glad to hear it :slight_smile:

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I have the same error, on all devices - since about a year or so, @BLUEFROG

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I already tried to remove this file, but the error keeps coming back :cry:

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You shouldn’t be trying to remove the file and it’s a non-fatal error.
@eboehnisch would have to comment on any specifics.

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It seem as, how ever that came so, you imported the Console.log file? If you have this file in your database, please try to trash it.

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That was the solution of the OP.

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When I try to search for “Console.log” in “All databases”, I get no result.

But in the Files App, I see 3 files:

Sync.log
Console.log
DB5.plist

All have content.

I then touched the Console.log, which started DTTG and made it produce the message “Item created in Global index.”

And then I found it:

Below “Source Code” in the Global Inbox, I see several “Console” files!

I moved them to Trash and cleared the Trash.

That will probably fix the problem :slight_smile:
Great many thanks!

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Yes, these three files are part of DEVONthink To Go and they should be in Files > On My Device > DEVONthink but not create any message inside of DTTG as they are not part of the database. That’s why I asked :slightly_smiling_face:

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As it seems, tryng to open those files in the File App simply imports them into DTTG!

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Yes, unfortunately the Files.app associates these files with DTTG and sends them over.

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