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Finder is not 'reporting' anything – how could it? So there is nothing to 'compare.'

I provided all the output from FFS in generalized form and also a specific copy-paste.

I don't 'expect' 'resolutions' when a software is free and I am not a paying customer – let alone 'miraculous' resolutions ...

Well, yes, that is one of the problems.(!) I've just reported what FFS did and did not do.

The source side of it is also definitely a folder (with files in it). Same with all the other sym-linked subdirs for which this error occurs.

In Synchronization Settings -> Filter, you have to manually type in the Include and Exclude subdirs. It would be nice to be able to click a 'Browse' button and choose the subdirs from the files browser, same as one does on the main GUI.

Thanks for the reply. Sure, but first a correction.

1. The error message does not suggest 'it is moving a file called "[subdir-name];' it specifies that it is moving file named '[subdir-name].033e.ffs_tmp;' i.e. file's name is name of a subdir plus dot-something tagged on to it.

2. Okay, here is ...

To free up space on my local drive I moved some infrequently used subdirs with a large size from my home-dir to an external drive and sym-linked those dirs to my home-dir with the same name as previously.
In FFS ‘Update->’ setup I had selected the option to follow directory sym-links.
When I to took ...

Just to correct myself. What I wrote about restoring and restore is irrelevant and does not apply to FFS as the way it does backups is not incremental backups on successive branches off the baseline backup, but keeps the backup directory itself up-to-date and current, while optionally archiving out ...

Lady Fitzgerald and Zenju, first, I hope you shall not misinterpret me or my motives ('condescending', 'futile', etc.) or get into a tussle to try to prove who is right.

Lady Fitzgerald's posts are spot on; thank you for entering this discussion; and Zenju, as the author of the utility, thank you ...

Plerry,

Re "Did you ever consider the possibility you might be misinterpreting or thinking incorrectly ... ?"
No, because I know what I am talking about. When I don't, I stay shut. You don't know who I am so you don't know my software engineering skills, my coding accomplishments (including ...

Gianni1962, Just because this utility has 'Sync' in the name does not mean it is exclusively that. Do you think that the utility named 'Preview' in Mac is only a preview utility and must not be used for any other purpose?
In any event I hope you don't have a problem if I use it as a backup utility.

Oops – and not even only 'Update >' and 'Versioning' , but 'Update >' and 'Versioning' and timestamp macro.

I am trying to attach it again.
FreeFileSync-UpdateRightItem-Balloon.jpeg

Re "the Update variant will not touch (leave where they are) any right-side items . . ." not quite. It depends on the choice of the buttons in the lower left in Sync Settings. 'Recycle bin' will not delete them, yes, but it ...

Re "I don't know where FFS would refer to the quoted "Update right item"."
the answer is
"Simply position your mouse over the associated Action and FFS shows the description."
as shown in the attachment in my (original) post.

For my part, I cannot see the wording "overwrite right item" anywhere ...

Hello,

I have read these threads:
https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4615&p=15426&hilit=update+right+item#p15426
https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1197&p=5239&hilit=update+right+item#p5239
but my question seems to be a new one.

I simply want to back up selected files from ...