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> No, i don't want a "\" beetwen "*" and ":"

Sorry, I missed your ":" before the "=" ...
I was thought you were doing
<Item>%WinDir:*\=%\</Item>
which seems would also work in your specific case.
But, your solution is more elegant.
echo %WinDir:*\=%

echo %WinDir:*:=%

You can test it in a ...

Now the Problem seems to me to be well formulated (in the first post) and is waiting for solving.

>You forgot to escape some of the backslashes in your updated code: ...

No, i don't want a "\" beetwen "*" and ":"

>By the way:
Nice to see that even variable operators work in FFS.

Nice it would be, but environment variables will not be expanded within filter-items .

>As long as you keep using these variables in this form in the include/exclude
definitions, it will never work as (again) includes/excludes are/must be relative
to the applicable lef/right pair.

Sorry, i don't understand. I need an example of absolute lef/right folder pairs, in which my example of ...

> Certainly ... ffs_gui and ffs_batch ... distinguised solely by their file extension. ... one entity or two?

Yes "constructive vision"! ... Today i think, Batch-mode is a specialisation of GUI-mode: It is an automatisation of GUI-mode with user safety . Or in other words: GUI-mode gives much ...

Please test it with a subfolder with less files (so you can better watch at the single files). --> Can you detect a rule?

Is your problem like this one?:
viewtopic.php?t=334

> Is there a way to have it ignore the modification date?

You can compare by "File Content", but it is slow.

> This result is as expected, due to the absolute path included in
the %WinDir% and %HomePath% variables ...

No. Not "absolute" or "relative path", but "with" or "without Driveletter". Thats all (nothing must to be converted accordingly to the left/right folder pair root). And you are right: my ...

> ... 3 Save buttons ... a combined dropdown

No, i suggest a seperate dialog for the Save-Buttons. Two big Buttons remain: [Open] & [Save...]. [Save...] opens a seperate dialog, with "big" Buttons, and text if necessary for explanation. <new> becomes an entry in the list-box, but if it accidentally ...

Thank you for reading my thoughts and for discussion :)


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> \1. ... GUI and Batch configurations have almost the same structure ...

Yes, both configure the same thing :) with a little difference in appearing as GUI or as Batch-Dialog.

If i write a *job.ffs_* (for me it is more ...

If you run a second time immedeately after the first, what happens with the kipped files?

1. I have tested it in BATCH-mode ( *.ffs_batch) and in GUI-mode ( *.ffs_gui), with


<GlobalFilter>
<Include>
<Item>\Windows\</Item>
</Include>
<Exclude>
<Item>%WinDir:*:=%\</Item>
</Exclude>
<TimeSpan Type="None">0</TimeSpan>
<SizeMin Unit="None">0</SizeMin>
<SizeMax Unit="None">0 ...

Filters per FolderPair

I think you need something like this: Filter (<Include>, <Exclude>) per every <Pair>:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FreeFileSync XmlFormat="4" XmlType="GUI">
<MainConfig>
<Comparison>
<Variant>TimeAndSize</Variant>
<TimeShift>0</TimeShift>
<Symlinks ...

@admin: please correct the topic-header to:
Switch easily between Batch- & GUI-mode: *.ffs_batch, *.ffs_gui, *.ffs

I was confused about *.ffs_batch and *.ffs_gui, if i first used FFS, because both do the same thing. The only difference: with or without GUI. Now i suggest (for 3 goals):
1. to ...

Thanks for answering your 2 points :)

1. I will test with a *.ffs_batch file and give feedback.

2. Yes, "C:\Windows" can not be applied to relative paths. I hope Zenju strip off the "C:" from begining, for fitting the condition "relative to the left/right pair's root".
Then e.g. "\Windows ...

OK, i have tested now. It doesn't work on my WIN 7, with FFS 6.14. It doesn't matter if i doubleclick test.ffs_gui in the filemanager, or if i start
"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "test.ffs_gui"
at cmd-line.

I have also tested with

<Item>%SystemRoot%\</Item>

or with

<Item ...

Sorry, you are right. I have testet with an old Version. I will test with the new Version, now, and give feedback ...

And thanks for the hint.

@eahm: You have given no example. Hence i imagine, you mean someting like this: 17.02.2015 or this for the time: 15:49:00

I suggest to use the ISO 8601 format: 2015-02-17

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Datum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Calendar_dates

and for the time: 15:49 ...

Dear Zenju,

first: Thank you very much for this good program, and your support :) :) :) :)

Edit (23.02.2015 23:55 <== Thanks to Plerry , who shows me the Syntax: %variable:StrToFind=NewStr%):

I need environment variables for filter settings in *.ffs_batch, *.ffs_gui, they will not be expanded ...

I like the option of comparing only parts of file content. Therefore i suggest:

Please implement in "compare settings (F6)" a 3. Button and 3 Textfields:

[Date and Time]
[File content]
[Parts of content]
"n" times of
"percent" % of size
and min. "minsize" MiB

If [Parts of content] is not ...

First, thank you very much for FFS :)

I have mirrored a directory. After that pressing "compare (F5)" again doesn't compare the files again. Instead FFS shows immediately "all files are synchron". This behavoir workes fine in many cases. But know i have to made a new compare for testing, for ...

You can delete (...) in the sections:

<FolderHistoryLeft MaxSize="15">
...
</FolderHistoryLeft>
<FolderHistoryRight>
...
</FolderHistoryRight>

in the file

%AppData%\FreeFileSync\GlobalSettings.xml

within a texteditor.