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by robnicholson-malt
03 Apr 2024, 08:53
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Re: Compare by just file time

Thanks for the heads up on Syncovery. As a long IT support guy, cost is always a key factor but it's reasonably price even for the premium version.
by robnicholson-malt
02 Apr 2024, 16:14
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Re: Compare by just file time

Probably not as it's "dumb" in that it simply compares the the source and target files each run. It doesn't have a database like FreeFileSync to track file system changes.
by robnicholson-malt
02 Apr 2024, 16:05
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Flat versus tree file structure
Replies: 123
Views: 177175

Re: Flat versus tree file structure

I've tried them all. BC, Syncovery, Goodsync, AllSync, Syncthing, Synchredible, PureSync...🤷🏽 Actually I need something that syncs to SharePoint — which changes the file size of the uploaded files🤦🏽‍♂️ Sharepoint obviously. It's like you put your precious art collection in a store house and they sc...
by robnicholson-malt
02 Apr 2024, 16:02
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Re: Compare by just file time

Ahh glad I'm not alone. I was starting to feel paranoid when I kept been told above this isn't an issue/doesn't happen! Nowhere as nice an interface but good old robocopy can handle this situation with the /xc switch which ignores changed files: different file size but same name & timestamp.
by robnicholson-malt
28 Mar 2024, 19:40
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Re: Compare by just file time

Is that 500k files in a single document library? If so, then yes, you're going to struggle. I see varying recommendations for maximum capacity per document library but I recommend not exceeded 50k in a single library. SharePoint itself can handle more but OneDrive starts to struggle. MS might limit ...
by robnicholson-malt
17 Mar 2024, 17:17
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Re: Compare by just file time

It's a fact - I've migrated 20+ systems from a local file system to OneDrive/SharePoint. It happens with them all. Documented here: https://myce.wiki/news/microsoft-onedrive-for-business-modifies-files-as-it-syncs-71168/ And also here by me four years ago where I contacted Microsoft and they confirm...
by robnicholson-malt
17 Mar 2024, 16:54
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Re: Compare by just file time

Trust me, it's not an isolated incident. You will come across it at some point if you get involved in migrating data to SharePoint/OneDrive. It's documented here by Microsoft specifically "OneDrive adds additional metadata to Office documents after uploading, which changes the size of the file&...
by robnicholson-malt
17 Mar 2024, 12:16
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Compare by just file time
Replies: 18
Views: 512

Compare by just file time

Love FreeFileSync - used it for years. Even got last company to contribute. One quirk I've come across is around OneDrive and Office files. It's a known problem with all synchronisation methods including good old robocopy.exe. The problem is simple - when Office files are uploaded to OneDrive (or Sh...
by robnicholson-malt
29 Dec 2019, 18:20
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suppress MFMT warning
Replies: 1
Views: 1415

Suppress MFMT warning

I'm using FreeFileSync to synchronise a folder to an IIS FTP server which doesn't support the MFMT command. Therefore I've configured the comparison to run on file size which is fine for my purposes. [Link to imgur showing config removed as I received a rather trite error about including links when ...