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Hazel rule doesn't activate even when it should

PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:39 am
by nikivi
I have this rule in Hazel :

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I can then check if it triggers here :

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And it does :

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And yet, nothing happens :

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Even if I force run the rules, nothing changes. Is this a bug?

Re: Hazel rule doesn't activate even when it should

PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:57 am
by Mr_Noodle
Do you have other rules? Use the status UI (click the "eye" button). That will show you which rule is actually matching instead of that one.

Re: Hazel rule doesn't activate even when it should

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:29 pm
by nikivi
Mr_Noodle wrote:Do you have other rules? Use the status UI (click the "eye" button). That will show you which rule is actually matching instead of that one.


I only have one other rule (lowercase all files). Which matches well. Clicking the eye button shows that the lowercase rule is matched but what about my other one?

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Is there any conflict between them? I think there shouldn't be any.

Re: Hazel rule doesn't activate even when it should

PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:59 pm
by Mr_Noodle
Yes, there is a conflict. Only one rule can match a folder/file at a time. You need to re-structure your rules to take that into account. You can also use the "Continue" action to force evaluation to continue after a match.