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Opening ffs_gui files opens (surprize, surprize ...) the FFS GUI (Graphical User Interface) with the setting stored in the ffs_gui-file. The compare and sync only start upon user interaction. Opening ffs_batch files runs the compare and sync as specified in the ffs_batch-file in FFS without presenti...

@Zenju: Regarding above method 2, two way: Does this mean the sync has to be run twice. The first time to assure that the "master" contains all most recent data, where ever that might originate (at the "master" or at any of the "slaves"), and then the second run to assu...

Forum ethics:
Double-posting is not done ([404, Invalid URL: https://sourceforge.net/p/freefilesync/discussion/help/thread/62be8310/])

Your error message seems to suggest you do not have the proper rights.
Try running FFS with elevated rights, e.g. as Admin.

The message seems clear enough: you don't seem to have the proper rights to write "F:\sync.ffs_lock".
Did you try running FFS with Admin rights?

It seems the best you can do is to make a batch-script that checks the availability
of the server or of the ffs_batch-file, and only if available invokes FFS.

> From the description this software is supposed to be a backup software. FFS is primarily synchronization software, but might also be used for backup purposes. You can choose from several synchronization methods (Automatic, Mirror or Update). The Automatic method is a bi-directional sync (A<=>B). A...

Generally spoken: a conflict signals you have a problem! If only one side has changed since the last 2-way sync, there is no conflict, and the newer file will be marked to be copied over to the other side. If you do have a conflict in your 2-way sync, it means that the file at stake has changed at b...

Once you are at this point ... 1) Don't use any software that would write anything to the stick It might overwrite any data still on your stick and make it unrecoverable. 2) Use any suitable "Undelete" tool that suits your operating system and can handle Fat32. Just do a search for undelet...

If you don't trust your storage media and want to check for consistency, why not simply use option II: Compare by "File content" ? After all: > Option III could be faster than option II when used as a consistency check, but is only faster in the case you do have inconsistencies (on timesta...

> Is there something special one has to do to get a reply? No, but your question is (hmmm, how to phrase ...) kind of ignorant, making people not feel impelled to reply. If you mirror locationA to locationB, after the sync the content of locationB will/should match that of locationA. So, if the movi...

As can be found in the FFS help file under Comparison Settings, you can choose between I. Compare by "File time and size" II. Compare by "File content" Obviously, option I compares faster than option II. A (presently non-existing) option III, Compare by "File time and then f...

Did you check your Exclude Filter?
Files that satify the Exclude Filter rules will not be copied over.
That might explain the differences.

Look into BoxCryptor (Classic). BoxCryptor is a file-level encryptor, and as such quite a nice companion to FFS. It allows you to create one or more encrypted folders, that appear in unencrypted form as (virtual) drive(s) after you enter (or locally store) the encryption key. By using FFS to sync be...

See the discussion (and suggested batch-file solutions) in below thread:
viewtopic.php?t=1372

At least in Windows, you can achieve this yourself by using the "runas" command ... See http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/runas.mspx?mfr=true Your "program" here would be something like "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync....

As a workaround, you might want to look into using the FileTimeTolerance
parameter (see the FFS Help), which can help you bridge the "gap" of 1 hour.

Looks a bit like viewtopic.php?t=1381 ...

As you are proficient in creating batch files, you don’t need to wait until the retry option is included in FFS. By replacing your > dir \DiskStation\path\goes\here > nul by a real check on availability, e.g. via IF [NOT] EXIST \DiskStation\path\existing_file_name and only call your FFS batch job if...

> Can this work or are there other suggestions? This can work, but is not built into FFS. You can write a batch-script that checks if the VPN connection is up and running, (e.g. by pinging a remote IP-adres or by checking for the existence/availability of a remote file), if necessary wait until that...

If you sync left location C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\ to right location D\folderE\, all files and (sub)folders of C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\ will sync to D\folderE\ in their folder tree, relative to the left, respectively right “base” locations. Thus: a file C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\fileA.txt wou...

In multi-disk NAS systems, the spin-up of the individual disks is almost always done sequentially. Spin-up requires a supply current that is substantially higher than the steady-state current. Simultaneous spin-up of all disks thus requires a more capable / bigger / more expensive / (steady-state) l...

*This is the Open Discussion section of the FreeFileSync forums. So, you are spot-on.* You are free to edit the include/exclude filter according to need or preference. Your most recent settings are normally retained, or otherwise can be restored (Left bottom corner: Configuration / <Last session>). ...

If the content of that directory is not relevant to you
(you have no clue what it is about anyway ...),
you might simply put it in your FFS exclude-list, and be done with it.

RogerL wrote: > The whole point of a backup to me is that if it is needed when a file tree is reinstated > it should be the same as it was with all the original folder timestamps The whole point is that FreeFileSync is a synchronization tool, not a backup-tool. That you can (ab)use FFS for backup pu...

It seems you do not need FFS, but a simple "copy" (with confirmed overwrite)

As there are no takers yet, I'll give it a try. If all these files need to reside in one and the same folder, I am not aware of an easy way out. However, if you can move all files not to be synced to one or more subfolders, you can easily exclude those one or more subfolders from the sync. Conversel...

If you want to solve it in our batch-file, use: start /wait "C:\[path_to_FFS]\FreeFileSync.exe" "D:\[path_to_FFSbatchfile]\[your_FFSbatchfile].ffs_batch" instead of: call "C:\[path_to_FFS]\FreeFileSync.exe" "D:\[path_to_FFSbatchfile]\[your_FFSbatchfile].ffs_batch&q...

> I guess you could just filter it out, then remove the filter when you want it to sync Or, you can create two sync jobs (either as *.ffs_batch or as *.ffs_gui). One full sync (including the "big" files), and One "quick" sync (where you have excluded the "big" file(s) v...

> What kind of details do you need

Well, the relevant kind of details ...