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Thanks Zenju - I replied mistakenly via email.
I understand that the config file name specification has changed and that instead of using BackupC.ffd I now have to use BackupC.ffs_batch. Exactly how do the config files get 'migrated'.
Is this a default action in one of the versions or what ??.
If I ...

How do you edit a post - ???

I just noticed that despite my attaching the .ffd as a .jpg - AND your system appearing to accept it - when I went to post the file was no longer there. I'll attach it here as a .abc That didn't work either.
I'll try .txt despite it really being a .ffd. - that seemed to ...

I recently updated from an older version to 13.1 - my nightly backup failed because it couldn't find the BatchRun.ffs_batch file - that's because I run FFS via a batch file and pass it the name of my config file as BackupC.ffd (which is obviously an older format).
I reloaded an older version 11.20 ...

Is there anyway to actually 'read' this file - at present I actually do a DIR > of the folder I sync - this takes about 10mins - so it would be an advantage to be able to 'read' the sync.ffs_db file instead since it has already processed the folder itself.