FreeFileSync Forum

Retested to confirm direct batch scheduling options...

Started fresh:

- Deleted all FFS related crontab jobs
- Using FFS, deleted the GUI and batch configs: Main.ffs_gui, Main.ffs_batch
- Rebooted system
- Configured/saved new GUI and batch configs: Main.ffs_gui, Main.ffs_batch
- Using FFS ...

Do you have gnome-schedule installed?

Over several days, I tested both:

*/1 * * * * DISPLAY=:0 /path/to/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync ${HOME}/Desktop/SyncJob.ffs_batch
*/1 * * * * export DISPLAY=:0; /path/to/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync ${HOME}/Desktop/SyncJob.ffs_batch

Neither executes the scheduled FFS batch - no log is generated, no ...

gnome-schedule (GS) is not available as a package with Debian - not sure if this is true for all Debian based distros. GS was removed from Debian December 2015 with version 2.1.1-4.

I have a workaround to eliminate the use of gnome-schedule (GS) and the "X application" option to create a task ...

CrowZ/Devuan v2 64 bit
Openbox DE so of course had to create menu entries...

Also running 10.12 standard on LM19.1 32 and 64 bit
- On the 32 bit system there wasn't a problem with 'machine_id' (MID). But that's likely because its 'date modified' was in June of 2018 and actually has a value so I ...

When I first tried to run FreeFileSync 10.12 "Donation Edition" on Linux, I got the error:

Installation files are corrupted. Please reinstall FreeFileSync.
Cannot open file "/etc/machine-id" .
Error Code 2: No such file or directory [open]

The fix - create an empty file named "machine-id" in ...