Answering my own question.
Windows Explorer does this too, when the NAS is mapped as a local drive. If I use the UNC path rather than the mapped drive (\\NAS\destination_dir rather than Y:\destination_dir) the correct modified-by date is copied over.
FreeFileSync behaves the same.
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- 12 Jan 2021, 21:32
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- Topic: FFS updates file modified time, creating endless syncing
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- 12 Jan 2021, 20:57
- Forum: Help
- Topic: FFS updates file modified time, creating endless syncing
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FFS updates file modified time, creating endless syncing
I'm using FFS 6.2 portable to backup to a Synology NAS mapped as a local drive. When FFS copies files to the NAS it updates the file modified time to the time of the copy operation. On the next sync, FFS sees that time difference between the two files and wants to copy them over again. This cycle ne...
