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i agree with you.

Hello Zenju,

is it possible to use:
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instead of:
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It is more compatible when running ffs from Windows CMD with Log-Check an typing in an ANSI file ...

volker01

Your OS ist nt6.0. In nt6.0 freefilesync run only in 32bit Modus even the OS is 64 bit.

When checking all files and folders for changed DACL, SACL, Owner, Group takes too long time, maybe it's useful to handle it similar robocopy. Make an aditional switch for checking all files. In normal way only the copied files and folders, with the additional switch for all files and folders, users...

Sorry my mistake.

Symlinks are copied (when in the FFS Main-Dialog it is set to yes) allthough in the GlobalSettings is set to false.
The GlobalSettings.xml doesn't overwrite this.

NTFS-permissions doesn't work on the base-dir.

Example:
source: c:\sourcedir\doc mirror to s:\dest-dir\doc
The folder doc in the destination get not the NTF-Permissions of the source doc folder.

new internal macro %basedir% which contains the respective source-directorys.
when adding this macro to the versioning-path, it is posible to have the full path in the versioning-folder.

Example:
S:\versioningpath\%date%\%basedir%

volker01

Show total number of filepairs in the logfile ?
i think it can be useful.

volker01

... "VSS won't work from a 32-bit process on a 64-bit OS." Ok, then, in such constellation, this option should not be activatable in ffs, and write an Info in ffs-Log ... ... "Who is the limit?" Ok, but ffs should not crash, and wait for user-activity to terminate ffs. When runni...

i can't overlook any side effects, i'm not a programmer.
This Server is too important for experiments.
So i decided to make more separate ffs-tasks.
Who is the limit? The RAM who uses FFS? (4GB-Limit), other?
Are there problems expected, when FFS 32bit using VSS, etc...
Thank you.

Hello Zenju,
i have reproduced the failure and sent the dump-file to you.

Hello Zenju, i have a Problem with FreeFileSync, installed on a Server 2008 (standard) (not R2). FreefileSync starts only in 32bit! (Taskmanager: FreeFilesSync.exe *32 and FreeFileSync_Win32.exe *32 Tasks) Tested on two 2008 Servers, so it seems it is not a local problem. FreeFileSync-Version 8.2 Ca...

Hello,
thank you for your replay, i know this solution, but it is not a ellegant solution, because when you have more such same folder/files, its not easy to find out from which basic-folder it comes.

Hello Zenju, following Situation: local settings: mirror Versioning: T:\ffstestarchiv\%DATE% with Replace folderpair1: left side: ffstest1 subfolder: Daten\test.txt right side:T:\ffstestziel\ffstest1 folderpair2: left side: ffstest2 (same) subfolder: Daten\test.txt right side:T:\ffstestziel\ffstest2...

my expierience - from an iSCSI Storage to an Remote-Server:
i use FFS 8.2 to mirror Data from an iSCSI Storage on a Server2008 - over UNC - to an Remote-Backup-Server.
i have no problems.
Volker01

Hello Zenju,

isn't it better to set the GlobalSettings as systemwide globalsettings placed in ProgramData (Windows) instead of "user globalsetting" in the users-dir?

Volker01

D:\SFirm \\BACKUP-SERVER\data\test_spiegelung\SFirm [20:06:01] Fehler: Die Datei "D:\SFirm\Daten\sfsupervisor.dat" kann nicht gelesen werden. Die Datei wird von einem anderen Prozess gesperrt: System Auf den Volumenschattenkopiedienst kann nicht zugegriffen werden. Bitte starten Sie die Fr...

Hello Zenju,
sounds good.
Thank you.

FFS does not recognize changes on Source Files or Folders.
Is there a solution for this?

Volker01

What is more secure?
Using "File time and size" or using "File content"
what's your experience?

Volker01

i get this Warning in the ffs log:
Significant Differences ...

but in the GlobalSettings.xml is:
<WarnSignificantDifference Enabled="false"/>

i realize that with: C:\revisions\%Date% and "Replace" results: One Revision Folder per Day, and one Version of changed (or deleted) files within. A batch file is cleaning the Subfolders in the Revision Folder. Hold the newest "n" Folders - delete the rest. One Problem are long f...

Hello Zenju, i suggest to warn/ask the user if he do some critical actions in the gui. Suggestion1: Warn/ask the user : do really want to change the sync direction? yes / no. Suggenstion2: Filtering: Warn/ask the the user when he exclude all. (*.*) that happend to me, i accidently do that (by copy a...

Ok, that's it.
thank you Zenju

Ok, my workaround is to copy a edited globalsettings.xml to system account's appdata bevor starting ffs in my backup.bat. But i think this should be better done by ffs. Maybe with aditional commandline switches for the ffs_batch? Or better in the gui "Save as batch job"? Two settings are r...

Hello Zenju, are you planning to change that? I think it's a good solution start ffs with the system account, because there are no problems with access to files and folders, independently of the individual user-accounts. This also applies to CopyFilePermissions and so on. Is it a solution to write t...

Do you use ffs with copy locked files? Problems with VSS or AntiVirus Software?
I had this Problems with a Version of G DATA. It had blocked all IOs an the Harddisk, so ffs hangs also. Only a hard-reboot was helping. In my case - G DATA removed and all good.

HEllo Zenju, here Examples: [02:31:59] Fehler: Die Datei "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\~WRS{B123451D-51C7-4557-95A6-914BFE720183}.tmp" kann nicht gelesen werden. Die Datei wird von einem anderen Prozess gesperrt: Microsoft Outlook, "C:\Program F...

Hello Zenju, ffs running under system-account (Windows-Taskplaner - non interactive with user "system") i get errors cannot copy many files. (cannot read file, The file is locked by another process). Copy locked files in ffs is activated. It seems that copy with vss ist not active when run...