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Maybe set something separate up.

Perhaps ROBOCOPY with /Z will do it?

Or (& I know nothing of it, but) logrotate on Linux?
(No, seems not, https://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate.) therube, 15 Sep 2025, 16:10

FreeFilesync does not have this configuration.

This isn't possible if the log file you are wanting to copy is written to during transfer


Could we develop a new copy-downloading mode? It would only require downloading the content from the previous moment. I noticed that the FTP download software 'FileZilla' can achieve this, but this ...

Oh, so it's only an "after the fact" (failing on the size compare) where the issue occurs.

On the Comparison settings page, what does selecting the 'Ignore errors' box do?
Will that allow the sync, but ignore the actual "error", allowing the "erroneous" log file to persist in its' destination ...

All I need is the batch download function. However, currently when synchronizing, the software compares whether the two files are the same. If they are not the same, it will report an error, which conflicts with what I want.

VSS won't help since the files are on a remote location.
You won't be able to download a file that is continuously being written to. How often is a log file rotated and closed? xCSxXenon, 09 Sep 2025, 01:56

This log file is written to irregularly, which means it is constantly being written to all the time.

I need help. Who can help me?

I need help. Who can help me?

I need help. Who can help me?

I have set up the program to start with administrator privileges as you requested, but it still reports this error. Could you develop a new mode, like the "FileZilla" program, which only downloads the latest files currently? During the download, no comparison is needed. "FileZilla" currently does ...

The file "sftp://fp1bmes@A.A.A.A/home/fp1bmes/aplog/ppt/INITQ_BPPT.2025-0819-163403.log" cannot be read.
Unexpected data stream size: 3,190,784
Expected: 2,969,600 [unbufferedStreamCopy]

I have set up the program to start with administrator privileges as you requested, but it still reports this ...

Synchronous update of files, error: 17:47:03 Error Unable to read file "sftp://fp1cmes@10.x.x.x/home/fp1cmes/aplog/ppt/INITQ_CPPT.2025-0816-162427.log".
Unexpected data stream size: 8,146,94.
Because I need to synchronously download multiple log files from FTP, but these log files are continuously ...