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When you get the referred to warning in the FreeFileSync (FFS) GUI, you have the option to checkmark not to get that warning any more in the future. That should resolve your issue.

Read here (2nd paragraph).
The RTS Idle time has nothing to do with AFK, but just with files being created or modified within the RTS monitored folders.

If your source is e.g. C, and your SFTP destination locations are respectively SFTP_D, SFTP_E and SFTP_F, you can simply define multiple left-right pairs as C => SFTP_D C => SFTP_E C => SFTP_F in a Mirror sync variant. You will get a warning that there is a full or partial overlap between your sync ...

FFS nor RTS never "starts by itself", unless it is placed in the users Autostart folder (assuming Windows), or started as a Scheduled Task. Deleting the *.ffs_batch -file does not change anything, other than that FFS or RTS is not able to find the *.ffs_batch -file and throws an error. Sim...

> The text has been changed, your browser is likely still showing the old/cached version.
It may also be that a (company or provider) proxy is doing the buffering for you ...

@murda
> Did you reply to the correct thread?
I did.
But your later reaction regarding the tape library clarified your initial question.
You are really talking about order at file level.
And I am sorry to say that it seems FFS does not have that capability.

AKA: You can define more folder pairs to avoid the need to run syncs in a certain order Sorry to disagree, but: • Having multiple left-right folder pairs in FFS does not mean that those folder pairs are synced in sequence/order as listed. • FFS will only run a single Compare prior to any actual syn...

Or said in other words: If you have defined a FFS sync configuration in which the order in which the sync is executed would matter, then you did not define a proper/correct FFS sync configuration. Such improper FFS sync configurations can normally only happen if you have multiple left-right base loc...

Using Task scheduler is more difficult for no real benefit, but you can do that if desired. The prime benefit of using the Task Scheduler over the Autostart folder, is that it allows you to run tasks under different, specified user credentials. This is almost a must if you really care about safety....

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The reply of xCSXenon above even indicates a benefit of (by default) adding all base-locations in a sync configuration to the RTS list of Folders To Watch. The only one who can tell for sure is Zenju, but personally I believe that this approach was simply the quickest and easiest way to make RTS &qu...

You can have FFS run a command On Completion (see the Synchronization Settings, F8 ), However, any such command will "hit" all files in scope, not just the ones just copied over or updated. You could also have FFS invoke some self-created script-file via the FFS On Completion command line....

Simply create the RTS job in the RTS GUI by dragging the *.ffs_batch configuration into the RTS GUI (as you show above), then remove the gdrive locations from the list of Folders To Watch, and then save that RTS configuration as a *.ffs_real-file via the RTS GUI File menu (top-left) under a self-sel...

You contradict yourself. You wrote: > Using FreeFileSync, the present approach is to compare the folders at the top level, initially select 'Do nothing' for all as the default action. Subsequently select the files that need to be sync and mark them as 'Update/Add'. That is a completely different app...

FYI: Adding editing an existing/previous post does not make the message appear as new or unread. If there are updates to your your posting, it is therefore better to make a new posting in the thread. That will show up as a new message, and may trigger forum members to read that new message. On the t...

> All locations are pulling FROM my local C:\ drive and are one-way mirroring TO my cloud Google Drive. So there is no need to monitor the gdrive folders for changes, as all changes are initiated on your C drive. Simply delete all gdrive locations from the list of Folders To Watch in the RTS gui (vi...

From your description, there seem to be two options for simplification. 1) Use multiple left-right folder pairs 2) Use the Include and/or Exclude Filter Or use a combination of 1) and 2) Ad 1) Instead of using a single left-right pair FolderA and FolderB, use multiple left-right folder pairs . Those...

> ... the problem is that this option is only available when using MIRROR, when using UPDATE this option is not available. I was aware that "Detect moved files" does not work for some Custom sync variants. Not that this is also the case for the Update variant. Sorry for that. > ... does it...

> If I have a file on the target, once which I've deleted on the source, I don't want it deleted from the target the next time I run the update. My concern is that MIRROR will do that. You should then use the Update sync variant, not the Mirror variant. The Update sync variant leaves any file that p...

OK, perhaps

The simplest way would be ...

should have read

Presently, the simplest way would be ...

The Update sync variant leaves any files that pre-exist in your "target" location intact, even if such file does not, or no longer exist in the "source" location. > In which situation will the file on the right side get updated > (other time, name or content)? Regarding other nam...

The simplest way would be to have a "full" sync configuration saved as a *.ffs_gui file. If you want to make (temporary) changes to that configuration, simply do so, eg. by deleting entries in your Include- and/or Exclude-Filter rules. Just make sure not to save any of those changes (at le...

@xCSxXenon BoxCryptor used to work (and I suppose still does) work with encryption at file level. Therefore it is a near ideal companion to FreeFileSync, which also works at file-level. The free version encrypts the file-content, but not the file-name; the paid version also is able to encrypt the fi...