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Got it, thanks Plerry!

Thanks Plerry, I hadn't thought of that. I understand that directory locking prevents problems when multiple tasks are concurrent. Does that mean when several instances of FFS are running? I usually sync several directories from A to B, are there situations where it wouldn't be safe to disable ...

If this feature is not yet implemented, maybe in a future release the icon can be an orange tick: something between the green tick and the red cross. Thanks!

I am sync-ing left to write, with read permission but no write permission on the left. I wish to keep it that way (as I'm sync-ing system directories that I do not want to accidentally overwrite/edit).

As reported by many users, if one doesn't have/allow permission access to certain directories ...

Hi Plerry, that TOTALLY WORKED. Thanks!

For the record, I included the entire HOME directory for sync-ing, with the following filter:

Include:
*

Exclude:
*\

I hope that's the correct way. It's working for me anyways.

References: https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=exclude-items

I often backup my settings. I've had no problem in the past backing up invisible files and directories. But today I was unable to sync dot-prefixed files that reside in my HOME directory. While I hadn't tried to sync invisible files from my HOME directory before, I expected it to work. To be ...