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by CarstenF
03 Aug 2023, 14:54
Forum: Help
Topic: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui
Replies: 6
Views: 1077

Re: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui

YES, that works.
Thank you.
I'll make
Exec=/bin/sh -c "filePath=%f; cd \"$(dirname \"$filePath\")\"; /opt/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync \"$filePath\"; rm ~/.config/FreeFileSync/LastRun.ffs_gui"
of it, because if I open FFS via desktop shortcut by accident I might overwrite my backup with my home ...
by CarstenF
03 Aug 2023, 13:25
Forum: Help
Topic: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui
Replies: 6
Views: 1077

Re: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui

I was at that point too, this does not work if a space is in the path.
by CarstenF
03 Aug 2023, 11:59
Forum: Help
Topic: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui
Replies: 6
Views: 1077

Re: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui

I found a workaround.
Create a file like sync.sh, make it executable and in it you write "freefilesync sync.ffs_gui".
Then it is launching with the correct working directory.
I tried to fix /usr/share/applications/FreeFileSync.desktop but there is something wrong not related to FFS.
Ther are some ...
by CarstenF
01 Aug 2023, 13:02
Forum: Help
Topic: Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui
Replies: 6
Views: 1077

Synchronizing folders relative to sync.ffs_gui

Edit: let me ask my question differently.

Hi,
I have a USB-Stick on my keychain with several folders that I want to sync to a SFTP for mostly backup purposes.
So I placed a sync.ffs_gui in each folder.
In that ffs_gui I wrote "./" as a relative path that should point to the folder where the file is ...