.encfs6.xml conflict copy

JimC

Setup:

In both PC and Laptop
\Google Drive\BoxCryptor.bc (includes the encrypted files) mapped to Z:\ drive (plain text files)

In PC
\Google Drive\BoxCryptor.bc has the following two files:
.encfs6.xml
.encfs6[Conflict].xml

The PC appears to be working ok.

I have not checked the Laptop to see if there are any problems.

How can I or should I correct this matter?

Thanks for your support.

Robert

Hi Jim,

Did you recently change the password of the BoxCryptor Folder?
Can you check if the contents of both files are different?

As the .encfs6.xml file contains the (secured) key for the BoxCryptor Folder, you should not delete any of them without being sure that it is not correct one.

--Robert

JimC

Robert,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I recently changed the password. On both the PC and the laptop, I changed from a Old Password (same on both machines) to a New Password (same on both machines).

.encf6.xml has modified date of 8/22/2012
.encf6[Conflict].xml has modified date of 8/23/2012

How do I check and/or compare the contents of these files?

-Jim

JimC

Robert,

As for these two files:
.encf6.xml has modified date of 8/22/2012
.encf6[Conflict].xml has modified date of 8/23/2012

I used MS WORD 2007 Review/Compare utility to check the contents of these two files. WORD reports that these two files are identical.

Also, I copied these files to a temporary directory (as a cautionary step) and opened these two files in Firefox (two different tabs). Then I compared them manually and could not find any differences.

What do you think?

-Jim

Robert

If both files are identical, you can safely remove the conflicted copy - or maybe just rename it to a different name and delete it in the next days or weeks. It seems Google Drive created the conflicted copy without any reason.

--Robert

JimC

Thank you.