Network Recycle bin: Delete obsolete empty folders as well...

[Gunthor]

I love the Recycle bin because the #Recycle folders also contain the file structure in order to find deleted files a lot easier. However, the more the Recycle bin is getting used, the more the #Recycle folder structure is getting cluttered! The problem is that when emptying the Recycle bin only the files are getting deleted - not the folders! When shares are getting reorganized with a new and different file structure the #Recycle folders sustain the old structure even though emptying Recycle bin actions caused those old folders to become empty...
...if this will not change then the #Recycle folder structure will become cumbersome in the near future and will cease to be helpful.

Please include a check when emptying the Recycle bins: Delete obsolete empty folders as well. Thank you.

[Shawn.S@AST]

Hi Gunthor,

Thanks for the kind feedback!!! I will feedback your comment to our product manager right away!!! If they do not understand well enough on the detail of the requiremen, we will ask your kind assistance again!

[Vincent.T@AST]

Hi Gunthor,

Would you please provide us the step-by-step procedures to reproduce the issue you mentioned? Thank you.

[Gunthor]

Hi Vincent,
you got me
I went through step by step and can verify that emptying the #Recycle bin also deletes obsolete empty folders.

However, I checked my other #Recycle bins and found the annoyance that caused me to start this thread and that I didn't and still do not understand:
- I have empty folders within #Recycle
- When I delete files within the corresponding share folders the deleted files do not show up in #Recycle: The empty folders continue to stay empty!
- When I delete the empty folders in Recycle (and confirm the dialog if I really want to delete the folder) then the folders show the so far missing files that were deleted (I have done this twice!).

Assumption: For empty folders in #Recycle there seem to be "folder siblings with the same name" in the background that contain the deleted files. Those "folder siblings with the same name" appear after deleting the empty folders in #Recycle. Maybe some kind of "left over" from a previous release...? If so then for me no actions need to be done because now I know that deleting empty folders in #Recycle will do the trick. The important thing is that now the #Recycle bin also deletes obsolete empty folders - and this I confirm is the case with ADM 2.5.1.RB62.

[Vincent.T@AST]

Hi Gunthor,

I and our engineer had tried many times but we could not reproduce the issue you mentioned (When I delete files within the corresponding share folders the deleted files do not show up in #Recycle: The empty folders continue to stay empty!)

So, could you provide me the step-by-step procedures to reproduce this issue? Thank you.

[Gunthor]

Hi Vincent,
I've sent an attachment to esupport@asustor.com.
Kind regards,
Gunthor