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therube, that is exactly what I do not understand : since the paths are different for my sync, why these "multiple pairs" alerts appear within the only and same path for the same files themselves ?

@Flowers4 : thanks for this idea... So I tried to use VPN instead, and it works !
Even if I think it is a bit not quick enough, it seems to work well enough, and it not needs any particular software : VPN client is native in Windows, and VPN server is provided by my distant intenet box, so for me ...

Hello my friends,

@Plerry : I answered exactly your question at the beginning of this topic :
The sync was an update :
from "D:\Users\Guy\Nextcloud\Entreprise" to "D:\Users\Guy\Documents\Entreprise"
This means :
Left path (left base location) = "D:\Users\Guy\Nextcloud\Entreprise"
Right path ...

Hello,

Synchronizing a huge amount of files (almost 500 000) via a VPN along the internet on a distant NAS (something like 30 hours of copying job), I found some errors in the log the day after...

So I wonder what can I do to avoid this kind of issues as I paste some here for instance :

20:02 ...

Thanks a lot therube !

This article explains clearly than FTPS <> FTPES !

So how can we ask to Zenju to implement this FTPES protocol within FreeFileSync ?

Hello,
I come back with an issue I still have when I try to connect in FTPes protocol within FreeFileSync.
(not SFTP protocol but FTPes)

So if I understood good enough, "FTPes" is an FTP connection with explicit SSL/TLS case on... So when I try to configure the ftpes directory on server path, I ...

Hi Zenju and Plerry,
Thanks a lot for your answer, but none of you both seems to be right :
Both path within the alert are the same, one being read (see icon), the other being written (see icon too)... BUT they are NOT "left and right" location within FreeFileSync, this path is only on the right ...

Hello @xCSxXenon,

Thank you very much to try to explain it to me.
I think I have found a solution moving my folders in the same path (within "A" and "B" if we take your example). So I'm not yet in an issue and I thank you already for this.

... But alas I'm pretty stupid enough to not understand ...

Hello,

I'm sorry to come back with this issue, but I really do not understand what are these "multiple pairs" (in French words : "paires multiples") and mainly how to avoid it.

Here are my logs (cut with only few samples) :
---8<---
16:37:45 Attention Certains fichiers seront synchronisés en tant ...

Hello and thanks again for your help.

In fact there was some "virtual A to B and B to C" like you said with the ".gdoc" files of Google Drive synchronized files also with FFS... So I've stopped to do this with adding a ".gdoc" exclude filter.

Hello all,

When synchronyzing, I have a dialog which tells me this :
"To avoid conflicts, set up exclude filters so that each updated file is included by only one folder pair."

The issue I have is : I have no idea of how to do this !
Please help me.

For instance, here are a pair of files in the ...

To answer for others : is was the HD, it was failing. Changed, and all seems to be fine from now.

Great thank you very much xCSxXenon ! I'll try this ASAP. (and yes, it is on Windows professional)

Hi xCSxXenon, thanks for your reply... There are too many files to be deleted by hand, and yes, alas, I think you're right, it could be a failing drive issue !

I wonder if there is a way to force the 'copy to the right' function within FreeFileSync ?
(ie : avoiding the "ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS" stop ...

Hello,

I have a (Windows chkdk) repaired disk with some "0 bites" repaired files on it.

When I try to update this disk (put on the right within FreeFileSync) with one from the left, after [Compare] I see some <Item not existing> files on the right, but while [Synchronize] is copying from the left ...

Hello,
I never found how to use FreeFileSync with FTPES protocol,
but I found how to configure another NAS with SFTP so now I'm able to use it with this so my issue is solved.
By convenience, if you could tell me how to use it with this ftpes protocol it would be very kind.
Best Regards,
Guy

FTPS = FTPES ?
So please tell me how to process (newbie way !)

Hello Zenju,

Thank you very much for your excellent FreeFileSync, which is useful for me since some personal NAS synchronization did not work well enough for my files and configuration. I'm an happy user !

I wonder if you can add the "FTPES" protocol at the access online storage of FreeFileSync ...

mmmm... IMHO this is a OneDrive/Windows issue.

On an other hand, when I try to do a direct Windows explore copy (of a previously blocked file within the FreeFileSync process) an alert tells me an error 0x8007016A... And if we search some "Error 0x8007016A: The Cloud File provider is not running ...

Thanks xCSxXenon, but alas I have nothing like this.
The sync was good with a USB drive, but while sync is on networking, it seems a temp file is created by FreeFileSync on the network target device which change the name of the original file, ie. something like "FileName.txt" becomes ""FileName ...

Hello all,

I just found this amazing software I try to use on Windows 10 PRO, and I would like first thank and congratulate its developer.

The issue :
I was able to sync a big directory (~300 Gb with many subdirectories and almost 500000 files) between an USB drive and an internal one like a ...