FreeFileSync Forum

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 for...

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 spe...

@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 h...

@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-t...

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 FreeFile...