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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:*\=%...

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 F...

> 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 m...

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?:
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> 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 folde...

> ... 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...

Thank you for reading my thoughts and for discussion :) --------------- > \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 easier t...

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="N...

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>...

@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 uni...

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". ...

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 ...

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: 15:49:00 or if...

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 within...

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 ...

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 ...

You can delete (...) in the sections: <FolderHistoryLeft MaxSize="15"> ... </FolderHistoryLeft> <FolderHistoryRight> ... </FolderHistoryRight> in the file %AppData%\FreeFileSync\GlobalSettings.xml within a texteditor.