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by WilliamB
26 Jun 2023, 03:56
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Feature request: min and max idle time
Replies: 10
Views: 1671

Re: Feature request: min and max idle time

As the OP, I greatly appreciate the discussion on my request. As Zenju says, "Minimum time since last sync" may be the parameter of value to the user. Maybe describing my use case in more detail will help guide decision making. I have a small group of computer that acquire data from a scie...
by WilliamB
17 May 2023, 19:18
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Feature request: min and max idle time
Replies: 10
Views: 1671

Feature request: min and max idle time

I found https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10156&hilit=idle+time#p37761 while looking for explaination why changing from default idle time of 10 seconds to anything longer resulted in FFS not getting triggered. Now I understand - my file was getting updated every 10 seconds, so FFS s...
by WilliamB
17 May 2023, 19:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Exclude filter not working
Replies: 8
Views: 908

Re: Exclude filter not working

Sid said If a folder (and maybe a file as well) exists on the backup device and it is then excluded from the job, the backup folder is not removed. I'm new to FFS, but I've been using a different file syncer for many years (SFFS), and I think if a file or folder is excluded from the job, it should b...