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Can be handled by FFS similar to as described in https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9914

In other words: Running my specific FFS jobs from command line, and passing a customized config file via command line parameter does the trick, correct?

If so, that is the quasi-perfect solution ...

FFS works just as well when you disable the use of sync_lock files, by setting the LockDirectoriesDuringSync flag to false

Wasn't aware of that, thanks for pointing it out.
However, it doesn't solve my issue. I don't want to disable sync_lock globally. I just need the option to skip locking for ...

@Zenju: But doesn't "mirror" also rely on writing sync_lock files? I've tried it with mirror in my case.

Giving this old feature request a new bump:
I'd like to see a "simple copy" feature myself!
Why?
I am having tedious problems with syncing especially protected directories with FreeFileSync.
A "simple copy" would be an elegant solution, as those directories are not very big (no hard need to compare ...

@therube:
Of course I do not mean to "insist" on JSON as the way to eternal happiness ;-). I just consider it "ideal" from my perspective, as e.g. Grafana (which I am using, and it is probably one of the most famous monitoring solutions out there), and also Promtail, offer easy-to-use ways for ...

Wouldn't it be a nice idea to have FFS create log files in a format like this...

{"level":"info","datetime": "<some timestamp>","job":"<name of my ffs job",<and so on ...>}

Why I am yearning for this?
I am an enthusiastic adorer of FreeFileSync, have been using it for years now in my home ...