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How could I make FFS play a sound after comparing? The sound file seems to be at the right place.

How could one make it, that always after comparing and syncing an audio signal of your own choice sounds? After every update you would have to add your own sound files again, something like a check box "Play sound" would be good.

Thank you, srjones67.

<<<And what are the arrows down the center look like.
Sorry, which arrows?

<<<Your screen shot is too smaall.
It shows the entire FFS window, what are you missing?

<<<And you need to get the other windows out of the picture.
What do you want to see? The window in the middle ...

<<<I do not understand how this fits together: if "U:" cannot be created, which is the root drive (trying to create will always fail), so sync should abort with a fatal error right at the start.
May be my expression was a bit poor, sorry: I started the sync and it ran about an hour (I assume) and ...

In the folder on the left side there are about 2.300 files in, but - sorry for this question - why don't I see there any file? What setting do I miss?

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I tried to not to sync 0 byte files, but I used the wrong settings in "Filter", how could I correct it?

And how could I set to sync 0 byte files only?

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How can I set a time range for files not to be synced (or to be synced), e.g. I want all files not to be synced which are created (or modified) in the years 1800 to 1950 (I have set that date manually) or 2005 to 2010?

Is there a fast way, if there are displayed unequal files and you want to keep both ones to rename the left file and copy to the right?

How can I temporarily change the sync direction (not doing it in "Synchronizations settings") , so e.g. when there are displayed none equal files and I want to overwrite (may be 3 of 10, not all) the existing ones on the right, how can I change "Do nothing" to "overwrite"?

Thanks Zenju.

<<<These are temp files created by FFS (see global settings "fail safe file copy).
Seems to be a new function.

<<<About the "Error Code 3": usually you should not see this - unless creation of parent directory failed and you ignored this error. Can you confirm this was the case?
Yes ...

In the logging of a completed sync are about 14.000 entries like this:

03:50:59 Error Cannot copy file 'I:\jD-Downloads\World On Edge 1993 band.jpg' to 'U:\jD-Downloads (orig)\World On Edge 1993 band.jpg.ffs_tmp'.
Error Code 3: Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden.

What does that ...

Thank you, srjones67.

<<<Dirk, I would look at the help in FFS it is very helpful and I would create test folders to see how each of the functions work so not to destroy your live data

Yes, that is a good idea, I had done before.

<<<As it looks like you are a newbie at this, looking at the help ...

That would be great.

Many thanks again, glad not to have lost files.

So that means, folders and files are not mixed and each single folder icon here shows a link.

And sorting by "Date" and "Size" definitely means files and folders are not intermixed, but folders are at the top, files at the bottom or vice versa. And that means - sorry for repeating - when I mark all ...

Yes, I will do, where can I find your e-mail address / PM?

OK, so I understand, this is definitely right:

<<<Is it definitely impossible to overwrite or delete or change a file on the right <<<side using the settings on the screen shot?

<<<The only action which will happen, is all existing files (new files) on the left <<<side will be copied to the right ...

Is it definitely impossible to overwrite or delete or change a file on the right side using the settings on the screen shot?

The only action which will happen, is all existing files (new files) on the left side will be copied to the right side? Nothing more?

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> Is it absolutely sure, that sorting by "Date" sorts the files and folders separately

It is, but only for the side you sorted.
Many thanks, Zenju.

But why are the items not separated on my system neither sorted by size nor by date?

<<<but only for the side you sorted.
That doesn't seem to ...

So FFS does not cause such a window to pop up.

Thank you.

Does FFS use the Window's copy / delete function? So, when FFS deletes files during the synchronization it might be you see the Windows deleting window occurr?

When I sort the items by "Date" it seems as if they always are shown separately (folders at the bottom or top, files vice versa), when I sort by size the folders are mixed. Is there a way I could display them separately also?

Is it absolutely sure, that sorting by "Date" sorts the files and folders ...

Where is the extended search? I want to search for my user name to show my own posts.

How can I get notification e-mails on this forum? I couldn't find a way to enable it. There is no notification in the spam folders.

How can I show my own posts on this forum? Is there a way to do it like it works on other forums normally? "Subscriptions", "Watching", "Tracker" etc. seems to mean something else.

OK, thank you WPWoodJr.

Many thanks, WPWoodJr.

What is the difference between:

*\cap\
and
cap\

This
*\*Downloader*\*\cap\
would mean the same like
*\Downloader*\*\cap\
but there could also be characters before "Downloader" like "123Downloader" and these folders would be excluded, is it right?

Many thanks again.

How can I exclude all folders (not files) named "cap" being scattered at different locations in "Configure filter" (without having to do it with each single folder)?

And how can I exclude all folders (not files) named "cap" which are located in the same path (so, they are sub folder or a sub sub ...

Can I make FFS always only to copy the existing files (sync mode e.g. "Update") on the left side to the right side? Without ever overwriting, deleting, changing files on the right side (e.g. none equal files by content or name, date etc.)?

Sorry, of course you can (but it doesn't seem to be, what I ...

OK, thank you.

You can delete them (right-click the filter icon), but don't save.
Thank you Zenju,

Sorry for my bad expression, I meant without deleting, yes, I know you can delete them, so is there a way to disable the filters / filter settings without to have to delete them, so you could make a sync this time ...

How can I easily deactivate all the filters I have set in the filter settings for one sync without deleting them?

Is there a way to make updating of FFS easier, so not to have to download the new version and then install it, but do it somehow within the GUI of FFS like you can do it with other programs?

Many thanks, Zenju,

Strange, I meant to had tried the relative path before...but it works, many thanks.

I do not get any e-mail notification on this forum, I have changed today my e-mail address here and have received a verification e-mail, but I still do not get any notification.

Thanks again.

I have included these 2 files in "Configure filter" added to the field "Include like this:

setbookmark.py
keyboard.xml

"Exclude" is empty.

The 2 files are here:
C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\setbookmark.py
C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\keymaps\keyboard.xml

Why is setbookmark.py ...

OK, so you have to click the date or size column of the panel (not the other one) you want to get the files / folders sorted on: at the bottom or top folders first, after the files. When you click these columns of a panel, folders and files of the other panel won't be sorted. Is that right?

I would ...

I would say, I am aware of that, but what could that mean being aware of it?

Ah yes, of course, the program, not this forum, I missinterpreted, sorry.

Thank you, srjones67.

Just sent.

Very sorry, I had already looked for you PM, couldn't find, I cannot cope with this forum

<<<You can post the screenshot here, just add an attachment.
Yes, I know, but may be I wouldn't like the screen shot to be seen by other people.

<<<This doesn't seem to be a frequently required feature, latter of which the FFS GUI should concentrate with it's buttons and checkboxes.
I understand.

OK, thank you, Zenju.

Very sorry, I just have thought, I should have made a screen shot, I will do the next time...or a will make a compare and see whether it occurs again.

It looks just like the folders and files are mixed up, if I remember right there were a few folders among the files.

So, I did a compare and sorted ...

<<<I guess so, all folder should appear after files on the list view. Do you think there is a bug?
No no, sorry, I wouldn't say so, may be a handling error, but how could I do one in this case (just click on the column)...I am asking, because you said: "Either sort by date or size will do". So, by ...

Thanks Zenju.

<<<Either sort by date or size will do.
Sorting by date doesn't seem to work for me, files and folders are mixed (like sorting by name or extension). Is it sure sorting by size will always work? With sub folders also? I am very anxious about it.

<<<However make sure to not ...

Is it possible to mark all equal files in one step?

After comparing I would like to delete all the equal files on one side; but I cannot find a way to sort the files, so that they are separated (either the files at the bottom or on top) from the folders to mark them.

Is there a way to mark all the ...

Is there a display showing the marked files / folders / items in the panels?

And can I display somehow (some of) the sync settings, e.g. when activated "Custom", that on the GUI is displayed "File content" or "File time size" or "Do nothing when different content" or (some of) the filter settings ...

Many thanks, Zenju.

<<<"deletion handling" in synchronization settings
"Recycle Bin" is activated there.

<<<FFS treats overwritten files the same as deleted files.
OK, that means FFS has moved these files to the recycle bin. And whether it should do so I can set here: deletion handling" in ...

I accidentally have overwritten original files (settings in FFS: "update" and comparing by "content") with dummy files (same name without content). I found in the recycle bin 1278 files (141 GB) with suffixes like "FFS 2013-01-06 114904" of the 2379 overwritten files. Why are the other files, the ...

I cannot find the file, which will be deleted according to the synchronization window when synchronizing and why is there no symbol at the bottom that this file will be deleted?

Screen Shot: http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/3089/2yq7cydg_jpg.htm

<<< And this is what FFS does a sync of 2 folder pairs.
Thanks for pointing this out.

Many thanks.

<<<If you mean "sync only certain categories", then "yes".
How could I do this?

<<<Sounds like you're looking for the "update" or a "custom" sync variant.
Hmm, obviously it seems to be like that.

Thanks again.

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