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job.ffs_real

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FreeFileSync XmlType="REAL">
<Directories>
<Item>sftp://username:[base64]Zml4aXQ=@example.ca/home/username/www.example.ca/maps</Item>
<Item>\\server\maps\Project.441\web</Item>
</Directories>
<Delay>10</Delay>
<Commandline>"C:\apps ...

job.ffs_real

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FreeFileSync XmlType="REAL">
<Directories>
<Item>sftp://username:[base64]Zml4aXQ=@example.ca/home/username/www.example.ca/maps</Item>
<Item>\\server\maps\Project.441\web</Item>
</Directories>
<Delay>10</Delay>
<Commandline>"C:\apps ...

I am trying to get RealtimeSync to keep a local Windows server directory and an ftp folder up to date. I created and saved a batch job with FreeFileSync, then opened the batch job in RealtimeSync and saved .ffs_real. The job runs successfully when double clicking on the job.ffs_batch file.

When ...

You can disable folder locking if you are sure you don't need it: https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1338
I have the same need, to periodically replicate from a read-only network source. I disabled the locks in GlobalSettings.xml, and now get a different error (Z: is the read-only ...

Please consider adding an option to flag the upstream source as read only, and to not attempt to create a lock file there.

Currently whenever I'm synchronizing from a read-only network source I need to say "ignore all errors" in order to continue. However I don't want to ignore all errors, only ...