FreeFileSync Forum

The FFS behavior is similar to copying a folder e.g. in Windows (File) Explorer. When copying a folder with files in it to a new location, the file-dates are retained in the new location, but the folder-date(s) are as per the moment of making the copy. This applies both to the modified- and the cre...

Folders copied in FreeFileSync (presently ?) always have "today's" date. For files it depends on the protocol. SMB/CIFS/Samba should retain file dates, while e.g. most (all?) FTP/SFTP variants do not support retaining file dates. Why is there not a way to retain folder dates? This copy is...

I have looked through the help pages but I do not see a way to preserve file/folder dates. I select "mirror" and the file/folders in the sync'd directory all have today's date. What am I doing wrong?