Warning Message for Moving Attached Open Files

[Hosein-Rahnama]

Suppose that you attach a file to an entry. Then, using a cleanup you want to move that file to the General File Directory of the library. If the attached file is open, the file is not moved but no warning message is shown. It would be nice to have such a message to let the user know what just happened.

[ThiloteE]

Agreed

[DohaRamadan]

Can i work on this?

[ThiloteE]

Sure, go ahead :-)

[koppor]

• org.jabref.gui.DialogService#notify should be called at the place
• Logger.warn(...) should be issued
• Challange: Pass DialogService down to the class where the issue is send...

[Simran-Sunil]

Can I work on this issue?

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[HrithikPadavala]

I want to grab this issue if it is still open and no one is working on it

[koppor]

@Simran-Sunil I didn't see any activity for three weeks, thus, I assigned @HrithikPadavala .

[HrithikPadavala]

Hi @koppor , I have spotted the corresponding function and added log warning as you can see in the attached picture but unable to instantiate DialogServive/JabRefDialogService variable inside MoveFileCleanup.java to call notify method. Could you please tell me how can I create and call notify method

[HrithikPadavala]

Should I call notify from within CleanupAction.java only??

[koppor]

Please use the common logging practices:

- LOGGER. warn (exception. toString());
+ LOGGER. warn ("Could not move file", exception);

[koppor]

@HrithikPadavala Use org.jabref.gui.DialogService#notify. Pass Localization.lang("Could not move file.") as parameter. If dialogService is not available, get it passed via the constructor.

[HrithikPadavala]

Hi @koppor , solved the issue and opened a PR

[koppor]

Hi @koppor , solved the issue and opened a PR

@HrithikPadavala The PR doesn't seem to link the this issue (as required in the PR description template). Otherwise, I would see a link to it here.

I am on my mobile and cannot check the PR list....

[HrithikPadavala]

Updated everything as required and committed too. Someone please check and confirm. Thanks.

[koppor]

Updated everything as required and committed too. Someone please check and confirm. Thanks.

Please look at the pull request. The automatic checks show errors:

See https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11438. Scroll down. Click on "details" at each failing test.

After you fixed them, we can have a detailed look. Otherwise our brains are too distracted by issues obvious to us.

[HrithikPadavala]

Opened another PR with branch other than main this time to resolve merge issues please review

[koppor]

Opened another PR with branch other than main this time to resolve merge issues please review

Please resolve the merge conflicts so that the CI can run. First, all checkstyle issues should be solved. This enables us to focus on the content.

[HrithikPadavala]

@koppor Resolved all issues but something related to changelog is not getting resolved. This is the only file need to be reviewed. So that this issue can be closed.

[koppor]

@koppor Resolved all issues but something related to changelog is not getting resolved. This is the only file need to be reviewed. So that this issue can be closed.

Please try to keep context in comments. Comments on PR issues should go to PRs. I replied at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11484#issuecomment-2223871387.

[juliusalberto]

Hi, can I work on this issue? Thanks!

[ThiloteE]

Sure, go ahead.

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[juliusalberto]

Hi - it seems like that I cannot recreate the issue in my environment. Is it something to do with how Mac filesystem works? When I tried to cleanup things - even though the file is open somewhere else (e.g. Microsoft Word), it won't throw any IOException, it just moves it effortlessly.

Do you think I should try it with a Windows machine? Thanks

[Siedlerchr]

Linux and Mac have different file systems and no atomic lock on the file and if I remember correctly it's Windows only. So you should test on Windows

[koppor]

Do you think I should try it with a Windows machine? Thanks

You can "quickly" fire up a Windows 10 VM using Vagrant as described at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/tree/main/scripts/vms. https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/tree/main/scripts/vms/windows10 proived the Vagrantfile for Windows 10.