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TheMadMechanic: Ok, then I'm afraid I don't know what the problem is. By the way, the storage_path configured in the config file is where sync metadata is stored, not the synced files themselves. Where your synced folders go is specified in the WebGUI on a per-folder basis, completely independently of the storage_path setting.

Lorde I created ~/btsync and that is where I plan on nesting everything I want to share with bittorrent sync. That's why the path is set as it is.

TheMadMechanic: Does ~/btsync exist? Or did you intend to set storage_path: ~/.config/btsync ?

I'm having trouble getting this to work. I had tried installing the bittorrent-sync package from AUR but then it got superceded.That's fine, I uninstalled it then installed this package. As you spell out in your post-install instructions I: mkdir -p ~/.config/btsync cp /etc/btsync.conf ~/.config/btsync/btsync.conf Here is a link to my users config (I hashed a few things for privacy) http://pastie.org/8414302 When I run systemctl start btsync@##### I get the following error: "Failed to issue method call: Unit btsync@#####.service failed to load: No such file or directory." I'm not sure where to go from here because it still isn't working for me.

This package has now been superseded by the btsync and btsync-autoconfig packages. From now on, btsync will provide BitTorrent Sync itself (the executable and systemd devides) while btsync-autoconfig will be an optional dependency that provides on-demand automatic creation of config files when btsync@.service starts.

TheMadMechanic: You'll want to use `systemctl start btsync@username`, not the plain `btsync` call. Enabling the service only creates the symlinks, without starting the service, like most other systemd services. Trivia: the raw btsync executable will attempt to save its metadata in .sync/ relative to the directory where the executable is located (/usr/bin in this case). I don't know where those double /s came from. :s

I installed this package and edited the username, password, and port in /etc/btsync.conf. I also created and edited the config at ~/.config/btsync/btsync.conf (In my case, both configs are identical.) I did systemctl enable btsync@username and it listed the links it created as expected. I then attempted to go to http://localhost:8888/gui/en/index.html in Firefox and I get a "problem loading page" issue. I tried to start btsync by simply running 'btsync' in terminal and it also threw errors. "Can't open pid file /usr/bin/.sync//sync.pid. No such file or directory" right away that looks suspect for two reasons, first off the double / between .sync and sync.pid and also because the pid (according to the wiki) is handled automatically. Any thoughts on where to go from here?

petko10: I'm sorry, I don't understand the problem...

Lorde, thanks for clarification. I will think what can be done to automate this steps, keeping package simple.

Sorry, I didn't provide the clarification you requested. The btsync@.service in bittorrent-sync runs btsync-wrapper, which checks if ~/.config/btsync/btsync.conf exists, creates it (using btsync-makeconfig) if necessary, and then runs btsync. The btsync.service does not use btsync-wrapper since a default config file for that service is included in the package. btsync-makeconfig is just an option-driven frontend to `btsync --dump-sample-config | sed 's/foo/bar/' | sed 's/boo/far' | ...`