PC don't see all files / directories of Max2

[DenisR]

Hello,

After having connected my Max2 on the PC through USB, I don't see all files or sub-directories in my file Explorer on the PC. It's always the same files or directories that are missing.

For example, into one directory, I have some hundreds of sub-directories on Max2 and can see only 7 on the PC.
In other directory, some files are "missing" on the PC while I can see them on the Max2.
When I try to copy a "missing" file (that I can see on the Max2 and that I have somewhere on the PC) from the PC to the Max2, I get an error, of course.

I tried all what I can (Rescan on Max2, unconnect - reconnect, ...) and the only thing that allowed to see the files or directory on the PC is to modify its name on the Max2 : then it appears on the PC. But I have some hundreds to checks !

Any ideas ?

Denis
Max2 1.9.1
PC on Linux Manjaro, Nemo or Thunar as file explorer

[bsnick]

You might check the 7 items that show on the PC with the items that don't show, see if there's anything different about them like the permissions/owner or the modification date.

[DenisR]

Originally Posted by bsnick

You might check the 7 items that show on the PC with the items that don't show, see if there's anything different about them like the permissions/owner or the modification date.

All the sub-dirs (and their files) in this one have been created on Max2 the same day and time, using a massive transfer of books from Calibre on the PC. They should all have the same rights, date of creation/modification.

I looked in Max2 using adb (and ls -l), here is what I get for some sub-dirs in this directory that contains some hundreds of them and where I see only 7 on the PC :
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:30 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:32 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:31 xxxx
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_rw 2018-04-23 10:30 xxxx
...
xxx was the dir name ;-)

So same data / rights / date and I can't see all of them on my PC.

And if I change one letter in the dir or file name, it appears on my PC when I "rescan the media".

[DenisR]

I solved the problem, using adb and renaming the top directory, then "Rescan the media" (it was long) and all my sub-dirs now appear on my PC !