FreeFileSync Forum

I've made several proposals about how to display files that will be updated/deleted or those that do not exist on either side of the sync, here for example . But so far this has not been accepted.
I still think FFS is an excellent product but it's a bit of an interface issue. It deserves a real ...

+1. This would be great.

I discovered that if I put the detached window back into the FFS main window (Reset layout) and then detached it again, then FFS handles the configuration box as a modal window well.
But if I quit FFS and restart it, the next time I run it, the detached box is not linked to the main window again ...

Thanks for this new release 11.2, the vertical lines in display are not bad. But I'm a little bit sad to see that directory icons are forced on display even if I choose a "without icons" display! It wasn't the case in 11.1
If I choose not to display icons, it meens not at all, on the whole line! Why ...

Thank you bgstack15 for this clear explanation.
I did the experience again with another application with sub-windows (GIMP) and clicking on the main window brings the sub-windows to the foreground as well, so Cinnamon knows how to manage modal windows, even on several screens.

Thanks for your testimonial. Is it on a two-screen system?
For my part, I'm on Linux Mint 20, and for your information, if I put the Config box on the same screen as the FFS main window, put another application in the foreground and then click on the FFS main window, it comes back to the foreground ...

I am using FFS on a PC with a double screen, the main window on one and I detached the Configuration box on the other. But when I work with other applications, sometimes the Configuration box ends up in the background, and there is no way to recall it: I have to minimize the windows in the ...

You were right Zenju, I checked on the original Linux station (HDD1 and HDD2, known as F:\ and G:\ on Windows, are two backup disks that I update remotely on a Windows station) and there are two directories with the same name, one in lower case and the other with an uppercase letter ...

Both G:\ and F:\ are USB HDD with NTFS partition, and I do the sync on a Windows 7 system, so I don't think there is a case-sensitive or non-sensitive problem

I have manually deleted the file \Linux_config\skypeforlinux\dictionaries\fr-FR-3-0.bdic on the drive F and tried a new comparison. Surprise, FFS shows two occurences of this file!

[MoveFileEx] : Doesn't make any sense, unless the file "F:\Linux_config\skypeforlinux\dictionaries\fr-FR-3-0.bdic" somehow "appeared" *after* FreeFileSync comparison or the network driver of "F:\" is just buggy.


Hi Zenju

F:\ is not a network driver for I sync two physical external HDD. F:\ is ...

fr-FR-3-0~2466.ffs_tmp is the temporary FFS file, it doesn't exist on my HDD JPringle, 14 Sep 2020, 09:58

I wonder if it has a wobbly when the file name includes a "~"? mikexx, 15 Sep 2020, 15:22

Only Zenju can say that. As I wrote, this name seems to be a temporary name fixed by FFS

I have the same error for one file when syncing two HDD with FFS 11.1 under Windows 7

08:52:00 Erreur Impossible de déplacer le fichier
"F:\Linux_config\skypeforlinux\dictionaries\fr-FR-3-0~2466.ffs_tmp" vers
"F:\Linux_config\skypeforlinux\dictionaries\fr-FR-3-0.bdic".
ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS ...

Hi Stefano
For your problem, did you consider to test Syncthing ? Very good in real-time mirroring over LAN

Another good thing in 11.1 is that the background color is now grouped by directory (and not every other file) : much better!
20200907_FFS11.1_group_by_directory.png

But please consider colouring the files on each side according to whether they are saved or deleted/updated
20200806_FFS10.24 ...

The most confusing element seems to be a lack of separation of item names and parent folder. The first item is "glued" together with its parent while subsequent are not, which is a remnant of the old 10.24 view. Adding a few vertical lines seems to improve the UI significantly and also simplifies ...

It's interesting to note that all the screenshots lack file icons. The 11.1 design doesn't seem to work well without folder icons. So the question is: how many FreeFileSync users turn file icons off? I don't have any numbers, but would assume that most leave them enabled?


Hi Zenju!
That's a ...

I am sad but I must say that I agree 100% with JDB.

There has been a lot of discussion about the FFS interface here but the new 11.1 does not solve the problem and even makes it worse.
Look below, I understand even less the display of the directories with the 11.1, with the end of the directory ...

There is no problem. It counts the files on both sides of the sync

If the Icon background colour stays the same as it is now your custom icons JPringle are not bad. VladimirII, 06 Aug 2020, 12:37

For a better experience, the icons background color could also be customizable :-)

Perhaps better if updated files are also on red background, as this version will no longer exists

Also agree that the flat view or the tree view may be suitable.

So I take this opportunity to present my wish list:
- of course, first of choice between the flat view or the tree view...
- possibility to choose the background color in the lists (I would put on a green background the files that will ...

What I say is that there is no need to use green and purple to specify the right/left direction. What synchronization does is create, delete or update files so just highlighting right and left modified files is enough. And doing this by using the green and red, which are associated with OK/KO ...

Yes VladimirII, I use FFS for a long time, I know that :-)
What I say is that there is no need to use green and purple to specify the right/left direction. What synchronization does is create, delete or update files so just highlighting right and left modified files is enough. And doing this by ...

Hi,
First of all, congratulations for FreeFileSync. I have been using it for a long time and I am very satisfied with it.
However, like many, I am not convinced by the tree file structure in 10.25 and 11.0 versions.

I would like to suggest some improvements for FFS regarding the display of file ...