How to Trigger a Smart Rule on File Changes in an Indexed Folder

DEVONthink
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Missing or not available?

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The preview comes up with a thumbnail of the document and underneath is the text “File missing:” with the path to the indexed document.

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Are you replacing the file with one of the same name?

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I have deleted the files (so not the folder they were in). But this delete is not picked up by DT3.

This was not always like this: I do remember, a few days ago (when I started to tackle indexing the documents in this external folder) deletions and changes to the files in the folder were picked up by DT3, but now they are not noticed.

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Why are you deleting the files?
And what kind of files are they?

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I delete them first because afterwards - after the pause Christian suggested (so that DT3 can catch up) - new files with possibly changed keywords are copied in.

Files are ePUBS and PDFs.

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Why don’t you just use the Before Synchronization event trigger I originally suggested?

It works regardless if you’re updating a file or replacing it.

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That’s now not the main problem. The main problem is that DT3 does not update the indexed folder.

I might start a new topic for this to keep things clearer.

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Where is the indexed folder in the Finder?

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See DT3 does not update an indexed folder when the folder’s content changes for a continuation.