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Hello? Anyone?

I see that by design, when RTS starts up or a drive is inserted, it runs the command line specified. Is there a way to bypass this initial run? I just want RTS to execute the command line if a file has truly changed. Can you help?

Have you searched these forums? There are plenty of posts on this topic.

It shows how to set idle time right in the first page of the Realtimesync help section of the help file. then click file in the menu to save the config.

It's in the RTS interface or in the .ffs_real parameter file

There is it's called UNC. \\server\share

Look in the help file for "Variable Drive Letters"

Just put your FFS command in a batch command (.Cmd) wrapper and run a message command before FFS to do this.

That's my guess. I would run the 2-way compare and don't un-check anything and see what message appears then.

Ah the missing link!

OK, it looks like it is seeing that one of the drives is remote and it's just a cautionary message that if any file on the remote machine has to be deleted it won't go to the Recycle bin because is not available for remote files. But Zenju can correct me if i'm wrong, I don't believe any files ...

No a mirror is just what it says, it will make a mirror copy of the left to the right which will possibly delete some files on the right. what does it say on your sychronize button? mirror, 2-way etc.

It's telling you that you are trying to sync 2 folders one of them being remote. If during that process there are files that need to be deleted on the remote folder they will just be deleted because the recycle bin isn't available for remote folders. Is it a mirror sync?

Looks like you have it as a network drive. Recycle bin doesn't work for network files i believe.

Is the folder located on another drive other than the system drive in your laptop?

Found my answer here: viewtopic.php?t=673&p=2508#p2508

Still stands true?

This has probably been asked before but does the /silent option not install the other optional software?

Make sure you can get to the internet and the particular location mentioned in the message.

Ah that would make sense. This is a first time sync to an empty HD. Thanks!

What would cause one ffs_gui file when double clicked on to open not auto compare and another ffs_gui file when double clicked on to open and auto compare runs? I've looked and am at a loss.

Thx!

I believe you need to write a batch file program to do this. FFS is intended to keep 2 directories in sync. What you are looking to do is copy files based on date and then delete them once processed. That would be better suited for a batch copy using robocopy and then once processed to be deleted by ...

OK. With that attitude, you get no help.

I just checked my program to the help and I see all matches up.

First, attitude gets you nowhere. FreeFileSync works perfectly on WinXP, Win7 and I have no trouble on Win8.

Check your permissions. It says access denied.

There is a pause button in the synchronizing window right next to the stop button and below the graph. Have you run a sync yet?

Try a search of this discussion board. I know that this has been answered multiple times.

Incorporate it into a batch and use Blat to send yourself an email.

It's windows permissions.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/download

or

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57347395-285/how-to-map-your-skydrive-folder-in-windows-7/

You click compare and see differences on both sides. you then click sync and both sides should be blank when the sync is complete. If that's the case then you're in sync.

When FFS finishes it's mirror sync, does its interface show that the sync was good and no files are left to copy from either side to the other?

Where do you see this difference? Files like Thumbs and desktop are hidden file that I don't bother with.

My question would be... why would you want to do that? This looks like a job for a cloning software like Macrium Reflect.

Syntax:
FreeFileSync [config files]
[-leftdir directory] [-rightdir directory]

config files
Any number of FreeFileSync .ffs_gui and/or .ffs_batch configuration files.

-leftdir directory -rightdir directory
Any number of alternative directories for at most one config file.

Why is this a major obstacle? I've used this from day one via windows scheduler and it runs perfectly.

You can already enter an arbitrary command line. The items in the drop-down list are just suggestions.
Thanks much! I should a seen that

On 9/27/2013 8:08 AM, Zenju wrote:

You can already enter an arbitrary command line. The items in the
drop-down list are just suggestions ...

I didn't know how to post a feature request so i'm putting it here. Like in this post: [404, Invalid URL: https://sourceforge.net/p/freefilesync/feature-requests/43/]. I want to expand the current post batch run that only allows for system shutdown, logoff, standby or close close process dialog to ...

You do a file copy in windows explorer then delete the original files. FFS is for syncing file directories.

Changing it to a click would not be logical as this isn't a scheduling feature but a batch job that can be run from the command Line or through an external scheduler.

Scheduling is not built into FFS. If you want to schedule a Sync just create the command line execution and schedule it in the windows task scheduler. "Lazy" and "Dummy" is no way to go through life. ;)

Search the help in FFS for Exlude and there's help on this.

Create a batch file that runs one sync then checks for first sync success before running second sync. Have this batch called by your registry RUN command.

Create a batch that tests for the existence of the drive specifically the drive letter or contents before running the sync.

I believe you have versioning enabled.

Just delete both sync.ffs_db's and rerun the sync.

That works. I know I had v5.19 installed I checked. But I downloaded from the link above again and all is well. Thanks.

I tried FreeFileSync.exe /?

and I get. And I've tried on 2 different PC's. On Win7 x86 and on Win7 X64.

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Error
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Cannot open file '/?'.
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OK
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My belief is that this is a File Synchronization tool not a true backup application. I use it to keep folders in sync from my PC to my external hard drive then use a backup program to backup and restore. The versioning feature to me is just as an oops option not a true restore feature. You would ...

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