# Unable to detect a replaced file

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783 "2021-04-16T14:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![JBSDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@JBSDS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JBSDS)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/1 "2021-04-16T14:48:53Z")

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Server Version#: 1.22.2.4282  
Hello,  
I have a problem when updating an existing file (alreday scanned), when a file has already been scanned, that I update it with a new version, Plex Autoscan scans again the folder where the file is located but it does not detect the modification so it does not replace the information of the file and if i deleted the previous file i can’t have the new file. I tried to make a plex dance ([The Plex Dance ™](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)) and to pass to the PLEX user with the command “chown” but nothing works.  
Thanks you for your help.

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/2 "2021-04-16T15:06:25Z")

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Hover over it,  
expose the ellipsis  
**Analyze** the file.

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**Author:** ![JBSDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@JBSDS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JBSDS)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/3 "2021-04-16T15:22:25Z")

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I tried and it doesn’t work either

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/4 "2021-04-16T15:35:05Z")

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Logs ZIP please ?

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**Author:** ![JBSDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@JBSDS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JBSDS)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/5 "2021-04-16T22:04:53Z")

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[Plex Media Server Logs\_2021-04-16\_21-54-38.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/jW5M0HW4FIv06l7NxEFrmiXShwU.zip) (5.1 MB)

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**Author:** ![JBSDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@JBSDS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JBSDS)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/6 "2021-04-20T23:00:32Z")

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Hello, did you have time to check the logs ? 😁

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**Author:** ![JBSDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@JBSDS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JBSDS)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/7 "2021-04-28T17:15:14Z")

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Hi, did you find the problem ? 😁  
@ChuckPa  
@drzoidberg33

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-detect-a-replaced-file/709783/8 "2021-07-27T17:16:04Z")

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