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by az99
26 Feb 2020, 19:06
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to know why backup file is "updated?"
Replies: 2
Views: 608

Re: How to know why backup file is "updated?"

@Zenju, thank you. When I can recreate this, I'll come back with more info. I don't know what else could be causing what I saw. The modify times and file sizes were the same (when viewed with file manager->properties). It seemed the only thing that could be different was the access time. I'll return...
by az99
26 Feb 2020, 02:29
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to know why backup file is "updated?"
Replies: 2
Views: 608

How to know why backup file is "updated?"

After a "compare" on date/time, I mouse over the green arrows down the center of the screen. Some say "item on left is newer" (something like that.) But, sometimes all it says is "update [filename]." It doesn't say *why* it's being updated (what's different?). When I ru...
by az99
26 Feb 2020, 01:21
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suggestion: "move files to user-defined folder" could be *relative* path to backup path?
Replies: 1
Views: 512

Suggestion: "move files to user-defined folder" could be *relative* path to backup path?

I have two external drives (named "A" and "B") which I alternate between when I backup. When I plug either in, it mounts to /media/user/A (or B). I do my backups this way so I can have a little more redundancy, and a little more versioning than just "Move files to user-defin...
by az99
29 Apr 2019, 22:39
Forum: Help
Topic: Exclude folder, but backup 2 files within it?
Replies: 0
Views: 122

Exclude folder, but backup 2 files within it?

The way Google Chrome puts a lot of stuff in my ~/.config directory, I want to exclude /.config/google-chrome/ But, include /.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks /.config/google-chrome/Default/Custom Dictionary.txt The helpfile suggests this should work: Example: Exclude a sub folder except for c...
by az99
20 Oct 2016, 04:13
Forum: Help
Topic: Lubuntu and libpng12.so.0 error
Replies: 2
Views: 3066

Re: Lubuntu and libpng12.so.0 error

I found a libpng12 package for Ubuntu 16.04 here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libpng12-0

I installed the amd64 version and now FreeFileSync works. (Not sure if it breaks anything yet.).
by az99
20 Oct 2016, 01:59
Forum: Help
Topic: Lubuntu and libpng12.so.0 error
Replies: 2
Views: 3066

Lubuntu and libpng12.so.0 error

I just installed Lubuntu 16.10 (64bit) and FreeFileSync now errors: ./FreeFileSync: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I installed the latest 64-bit version (FreeFileSync_8.5_Ubuntu_16.04_64-bit) and still get the error. Can...