FreeFileSync Forum

The biggest advantage of FreesFileSync compared to other sync programs (rsync or rclone) is its sophisticated detection of moved files, and this advantage comes from the sync.ffs_db file, as far as I know. So, if I disable writing sync.ffs_db files, wouldn't the biggest advantage of FreeFileSync be ...

I understand the below.

"The sync.ffs_db-file (just like the sync.ffs_lock-file, if used) must be in the root of the left and right base-location, because syncs may be run on/by multiple computers to/from one and the same base-location."

However, it’s not that helpful if the sync.ffs_db and the ...

(Please excuse my English)

Some network drives and cloud drives are readonly or prohibit storing sync.ffs_db and sync.ffs_lock in the root directory.
But I don't know how to save sync.ffs_db and sync.ffs_lock to another place. Please let me know how.

It will be very helpful if the path(and name ...