FreeFileSync ForumThe official discussion platform for FreeFileSync2024-03-18T18:06:12+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/app.php/feed/forum/22024-03-18T18:06:12+00:002024-03-18T18:06:12+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42970#p42970https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#donation-edition Just a note, it does not explicitly state one way or the other, but Zenju is awesome
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]]>2024-03-18T08:49:02+00:002024-03-18T08:49:02+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42956#p42956 I apologize to the actual programmer @Zenju. Thanks Zenju for creating a great tool. And maybe you can read over this post and do with it whatever you like. For context: I'm syncing from a shared folder on a 3rd party Google Drive with a huge amount of data. I have no write rights there, and cannot create a symbolic link to it, since I'm using the built in Google Drive sync feature that shows a link of its own to the shared folder.
Being a developer myself (C++/C# etc), I understand that you might not want to fix stuff for very few people, but if enough people report a problem it gains priority.
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]]>2024-03-18T07:38:41+00:002024-03-18T07:38:41+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42954#p42954You seem to be one of those people only willing to accept a solution exactly along their line. The author has indicated a perfectly workable method to deal with your "problem". But hey, it is not exactly along your line ...
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Based on Myce testing, we found that the consumer version of OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) does not appear to any modify files
And also here by me four years ago where I contacted Microsoft and they confirmed OneDrive for Business (at the time) adds metadata to Office files alone thus changing the file size. Any system that uses hashes or compares the contents will think it's changed.
I'm currently migrating a lot of data from one system to SharePoint/OneDrive. The workaround is to one-way mirror from local source folder to OneDrive. Let OneDrive finish. Then swap over in FreeFileSync and copy the updated files back to source folder.
Once the metadata has been added, it's not added again. So maybe that's why you don't see the problem. The files you're comparing already have the metadata added.
]]>2024-03-17T16:17:45+00:002024-03-17T16:17:45+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42940#p42940 It’s clear that asking over and over, indeed is pointless here. Some developers rather endlessly defend what they have, and why things aren’t possible, than thinking in solutions and making things happen. Being a developer myself I’ve seen this behavior many times.
I was enthusiastic about FFS, made a donation and recommended it to friends, but I’m disappointed now, and I won’t bother you again.
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Other people have asked for this in the past multiple times, but they were always dismissed.
Asking for it over and over hasn't worked so you thought it would for you?
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]]>2024-03-17T14:49:47+00:002024-03-17T14:49:47+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42935#p42935The point is that people want to turn the feature ON (not off). My solution would make it possible to actually use the feature even if the sync.ffs_db file cannot be written to the source folder.
]]>2024-03-17T14:35:41+00:002024-03-17T14:35:41+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42934#p42934With that said, it wouldn't make sense to add a feature to a sync program that makes the program not sync anymore, just for very few isolated incidents. I don't know what is causing your size discrepancy, but that is where I would focus my efforts
]]>2024-03-17T13:58:59+00:002024-03-17T13:58:59+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42932#p42932Toolbar > Actions > Sync Settings (F8) > untick "use database to detect file changes"
]]>2024-03-17T12:16:16+00:002024-03-17T12:16:16+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42930#p42930extra metadata is added to the file. You can watch it in OneDrive - file uploads to OneDrive and then almost immediately downloads. The downloaded file has a different file size but identical timestamp. The contents are obviously different as well.
What this means is that if you run FreeFileSync again with file time and size as the compare option, it wants to re-copy most Office files. The issue can be seen in this screenshot:
It's only Office files that are affected. PDFs, JPEGs etc are fine. Now one can argue until the cows come home that OneDrive shouldn't be altering files like this. None of the other cloud services I've used do this. But you'd be banging your head against the wall.
The fix with robocopy is easy - /xc to ignore changed files. A changed file in robocopy is classed as one where it exists on source & target, has the same time stamp but different file sizes.
So it would be really cool if FreeFileSync you add File time alone to the compare options.
]]>2024-03-17T08:17:02+00:002024-03-17T08:17:02+00:00https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42929#p42929 But sometimes one doesn’t have write-access to the source folder, and this entire feature becomes unavailable.
Please make it possible to put the source - sync.ffs_db file elsewhere. Other people have asked for this in the past multiple times, but they were always dismissed. So people keep asking for it.
An easy fix would be to overrule the default file location in the ‘synchronization local settings’ tab under ‘Use database file to detect changes’. If one could provide an alternative location there, it would be fixed and it would take minimal development efforts to do so.
N.B. I am a donating user. I don’t know if it is important to mention that for support reasons…
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