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by Plerry
16 Jan 2024, 16:08
Forum: Help
Topic: Is there a way to speed up a certain, repeated, synchronization configuration?
Replies: 6
Views: 950

Re: Is there a way to speed up a certain, repeated, synchronization configuration?

The Compare phase will last about equally long every time.
During successive syncs, the amount of sync actions will generally be less than for the initial sync.
Therefore the duration of the sync phase is normally shorter for successive syncs.
by Plerry
16 Jan 2024, 08:41
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Various errors
Replies: 2
Views: 1234

Re: Various errors

1) The databases do not exist yet when you run any given sync for the first time, and are created during/at the end of running the sync (one on either side of every left-right pair). If, after you have run any sync the first time, you remove a databases (a sync.ffs_db file) on either side, "the...
by Plerry
16 Jan 2024, 08:22
Forum: Help
Topic: Bug?/FeatureRequest: Folders compared have DateModified updated on compare (not sync)
Replies: 3
Views: 745

Re: Bug?/FeatureRequest: Folders compared have DateModified updated on compare (not sync)

During/based on the Compare of the initial FFS instance, FFS decides which sync actions should be performed later, during the sync phase. A Compare performed by a second FFS instance on the (at least part of) the same location(s) is blissfully unaware of any impending sync actions of the initial FFS...
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 13:43
Forum: Help
Topic: Batch run configure
Replies: 16
Views: 1600

Re: Batch run configure

Note, that RTS does not have a (time) interval, but an Idle Time. Read the description in the RTS Manual page. If any new changes occur in the RTS monitored directories during the Idle Time, the Idle Time timer is reset. If there are too frequent changes in any of the RTS monitored directories, the ...
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 11:40
Forum: Help
Topic: Batch run configure
Replies: 16
Views: 1600

Re: Batch run configure

That's how you configure RTS, not an answer to my question how you start RTS.
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 10:46
Forum: Help
Topic: Batch run configure
Replies: 16
Views: 1600

Re: Batch run configure

How do you start RTS?
• Manually, e.g by double clicking the *.FFS_real configuration file?
• Via your Autostart folder?
• Via the Task Scheduler? If so, under what user credentials do you run the task?
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 10:37
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Scheduler Batch File Not working
Replies: 2
Views: 1186

Re: Scheduler Batch File Not working

Under which credentials do you have the Task Scheduler run your FFS sync? By default, that is the System user, and that user does not have access to your C:\Users\xxx folder to read the *.ffs_batch configuration, and also may not have access to the locations specified in your *.ffs_batch configurati...
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 10:26
Forum: Help
Topic: Batch run configure
Replies: 16
Views: 1600

Re: Batch run configure

But what exactly is your problem/issue? E.g. • Does RTS not start/run? If so, how do you start RTS? • Does the FFS sync not run when invoked by RTS? • Does Versioning not work as expected? • ... ? Note that for an FFS sync to run, all locations specified in your FFS sync configuration need to be ava...
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 09:43
Forum: Help
Topic: Batch run configure
Replies: 16
Views: 1600

Re: Batch run configure

Your problem description is not very clear (at least to me), particularly the part "auto run doesn`t work, every time I run it manually." Also not clear: "archiving all changes to own paths" This suggests you would use local sync settings, with a specific Versioning location per ...
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 09:21
Forum: Help
Topic: how do I setup FFS so that it deletes the file instead of using the recycly bin.
Replies: 2
Views: 607

Re: how do I setup FFS so that it deletes the file instead of using the recycly bin.

Because you write that the "recycle bin" folder was created on (in?) the destination folder, this reads like it happened on a (Synology?) NAS. If that is the case, the creation of said folder and moving any deleted files to that recycle bin folder, may even be completely unrelated to FFS, ...
by Plerry
15 Jan 2024, 09:07
Forum: Help
Topic: How do make it so FFS doesn't try to delete/select files on the right side that aren't on the left side in overview.
Replies: 1
Views: 546

Re: How do make it so FFS doesn't try to delete/select files on the right side that aren't on the left side in overview.

> The right side has some system files not on the left side that I don't want to get deleted, but I don't them to go over to the left side either. Assuming the names of said system files are stable, the simplest thing to do, is to add said system files to your Exclude Filter . If said files are all ...
by Plerry
12 Jan 2024, 08:06
Forum: Help
Topic: ffs_batch file and windows task scheduler
Replies: 2
Views: 772

Re: ffs_batch file and windows task scheduler

As described here, you must invoke FreeFileSync.exe to open the *.ffs_batch file, not just invoke the *.ffs_batch file.
This is true for all scheduled jobs, not just FFS jobs; scheduled tasks are not aware of file-associations.
by Plerry
11 Jan 2024, 10:04
Forum: Help
Topic: Two-way sync does not detect/remebmer deleted files
Replies: 15
Views: 1587

Re: Two-way sync does not detect/remebmer deleted files

Given your reply, it seems you did not understand the impact of Zenju's reply.
Irrespective of the cause of changes (renames or just deletions), when using SFTP you can not expect any such changes will be properly detected in a two-way FFS sync.
by Plerry
10 Jan 2024, 08:43
Forum: Help
Topic: Include folders and exclude some of their subfolders
Replies: 6
Views: 2442

Re: Include folders and exclude some of their subfolders

The answer I previously gave is exactly the solution to your problem (as I already understood it from your 2nd post but you repeated above). The 1st pair and added local Ex clude Filter rule /subfolder11/ will sync all folders but subfolder11 and its content. The 2nd pair and local In clude Filter r...
by Plerry
09 Jan 2024, 07:54
Forum: Help
Topic: Remove "sync.ffs_lock"... won't go away [Solved]
Replies: 5
Views: 4628

Re: Remove "sync.ffs_lock"... won't go away

FFS places those files before a comparison and removes them upon closing FFS.
They are there for a reason: see LockDirectoriesDuringSync.
If you set the LockDirectoriesDuringSync flag to false, you won't get those files, but you also run a risk.
by Plerry
09 Jan 2024, 07:45
Forum: Help
Topic: Include folders and exclude some of their subfolders
Replies: 6
Views: 2442

Re: Include folders and exclude some of their subfolders

You should follow the "Example: Complex filter rules with exceptions" section of the FFS manual page on Exclude Files.
For your 1st pair use local exclude filter: /subfolder11/
For your 2nd pair use local include filter: /subfolder11/subfolder21/
by Plerry
08 Jan 2024, 07:29
Forum: Help
Topic: Where does the exported file list go?
Replies: 11
Views: 14594

Re: Where does the exported file list go?

> Perhaps to prove to themselves later that what they did was correct or at least harmless. The FFS log-file keeps track of what actually happened, and is therefore better proof of what "they did" than the FFS compare results, which (from that angle) only show what FFS intends/intended to ...
by Plerry
07 Jan 2024, 10:23
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Disk full when syncing
Replies: 1
Views: 3092

Re: Disk full when syncing

The topic "Disk full" has been discussed already several times in this forum.
E.g. viewtopic.php?t=8897&p=31857
by Plerry
07 Jan 2024, 10:14
Forum: Help
Topic: Files Not Synching
Replies: 2
Views: 1438

Re: Files Not Synching

It is not necessarily you (yourself) that opened or modified a file.
Some software tools (like e.g. some anti-virus programs) have the nasty habit of doing that for you ... ;-)
by Plerry
05 Jan 2024, 11:08
Forum: Help
Topic: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged
Replies: 8
Views: 3402

Re: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged

I am not sure what is, or is not, being logged in those cases. Irrespective of logging: the sync is not automatically performed by FFS the next time the target is/becomes on line. However, you could use RTS for that purpose: The function of RealTimeSync is to execute a command line ... when a direct...
by Plerry
05 Jan 2024, 07:54
Forum: Help
Topic: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged
Replies: 8
Views: 3402

Re: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged

> Why do i have in batch file left and right pairs in a given order > but FFS does not consider the order at the end? Order is only relevant if there are dependencies between sync locations, forming an overlap. Overlaps must be avoided, because they create potential sync conflicts or ambiguities. An...
by Plerry
03 Jan 2024, 16:37
Forum: Help
Topic: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged
Replies: 8
Views: 3402

Re: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged

(I re-used you location notation, although the combination of drive-letters and forward slashes appears strange or simply incorrect to me) The fact that you first list C://folder/folder -> D://folder/folder as your first folder pair AND then D:// -> P:// as your second folder pair does not mean that...
by Plerry
03 Jan 2024, 10:30
Forum: Help
Topic: Defender suddenly dislikes FreeFileSync
Replies: 5
Views: 4639

Re: Defender suddenly dislikes FreeFileSync

> I am running FFS on a work computer (managed by the organization)

Looks like illegal use: https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#commercial
So, perhaps it is just your companies way to protect itself against legal liabilities.
by Plerry
02 Jan 2024, 12:11
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bug Report - Incomplete %ComputerName%
Replies: 9
Views: 17222

Re: Bug Report - Incomplete %ComputerName%

Note that HOSTNAME and ComputerName are different beasts.
You (harryytm) never reacted to my initial reply about ComputerName ...
by Plerry
02 Jan 2024, 09:42
Forum: Help
Topic: Contact FreeFileSync license
Replies: 1
Views: 2339

Re: Contact FreeFileSync license

by Plerry
01 Jan 2024, 09:37
Forum: Help
Topic: When I change one item in a folder I have to resynch the entire folder
Replies: 4
Views: 3915

Re: When I change one item in a folder I have to resynch the entire folder

> The reason given is always that it doesn't exist on the right size. This suggests you are not using the proper left-right base-locations. If you are sure your right-side files are in the desired location, then you should define your left and right base-location such that the path to your files rel...
by Plerry
29 Dec 2023, 09:37
Forum: Help
Topic: I've got a conflict...3,000 of them!
Replies: 2
Views: 2708

Re: I've got a conflict...3,000 of them!

> ... and what on earth is a folder pair? The absolute very first item of the FreeFileSync (FFS) Manual is: "Basic Usage: 1. Choose left and right folders." which obviously constitutes a (left-right) folder pair ... It seems you are trying to sync between Y:\Games and Y:\Games\C drive stuf...
by Plerry
28 Dec 2023, 08:24
Forum: Help
Topic: Versioning problems
Replies: 3
Views: 3952

Re: Versioning problems

Instead of using the "Time stamp (Folder)" option in Versioning, try using "Time stamp (File)" or for your case (keeping just a single previous version) "Replace". When using the "Time stamp (Folder)" option, files may get deleted from "older" Versio...