Info on complementary .zotero library files

fgr1

To whom it may regard,

what information do the .zotero-ft-cache files contain?

Are the annotation over there as well?
Can all
.zotero-pdf-state
.zotero-reader-state
.zotero-ft-info
be deleted without any issue while Zotero is not running?

adamsmith

Generally I'd strongly discourage deleting (or really: doing) anything in the Zotero data folder. It's intended to be managed by Zotero, not by users.
The ft files contain indexing for full text (hence ft) search. Disabling them will remove The pdf and reader state files contain the current state of the Zotero reader so it opens the same docs in the same position next time.

Why do you want to delete those files?

fgr1

I am trying to reorganize my library with attanger.
https://github.com/MuiseDestiny/zotero-attanger
attanger is doing most of the re-organization for me

For the most part it worked pretty well. The advantage of this is the logical structuring (replacing random words with clearly understandable folder names, from stored files to linked files).

I wanted to then delete unnecessary folder in a post-moving clean-up process.

I have a local storage+onedrive synce setup, so the change in folder organization is advantageous in a vacuum, but maybe I am missing something. Any comment?

dstillman

As adamsmith says, those files are managed by Zotero, and you shouldn't be touching them. Those folders exist for linked files as well as stored files.