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You must be using "mirror" sync option


Nope definitely using UPDATE


You are mistaken somewhere then. It is impossible to have any items marked for deletion when using the UPDATE variant.
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then what are these rubbish bins doing here??

You must be using "mirror" sync option xCSxXenon, 09 Jan 2024, 16:43

Nope definitely using UPDATE

im a bit ocnfused as i thought this was the can but now in 13.1 I see a rubbish bin icon in the bottom of the comparison window and even when I turn that toff I still see files listed for deletion when I hit the sync button.. this is worrying. I'm afraid to actually do the sync..

agree..

ahhh ive been directed here after just asking the same question. sorry for the double ask..

well yes, it might not be part of "normal" sync process but I found Goodsync is happy to be broadminded and let its users do MOVEs as well as syncs...

thanks for the respsonse

i basically would like to use freefilesynce to do a complicated multiple folder move..
for some reason I have one set of synced file sin a subfolder in the destination director rather than at the root level of that directory .. so to put it simply once files and folders are updated left to right I ...