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.
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- 11 Jan 2024, 10:04
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Two-way sync does not detect/remebmer deleted files
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1626
- 10 Jan 2024, 08:43
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Include folders and exclude some of their subfolders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2500
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...
- 09 Jan 2024, 07:54
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Remove "sync.ffs_lock"... won't go away [Solved]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4678
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.
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.
- 09 Jan 2024, 07:45
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Include folders and exclude some of their subfolders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2500
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/
For your 1st pair use local exclude filter: /subfolder11/
For your 2nd pair use local include filter: /subfolder11/subfolder21/
- 08 Jan 2024, 07:29
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Where does the exported file list go?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16344
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 ...
- 07 Jan 2024, 10:23
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Disk full when syncing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3615
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
E.g. viewtopic.php?t=8897&p=31857
- 07 Jan 2024, 10:14
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Files Not Synching
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1594
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 ... ;-)
Some software tools (like e.g. some anti-virus programs) have the nasty habit of doing that for you ... ;-)
- 05 Jan 2024, 11:08
- Forum: Help
- Topic: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4182
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...
- 05 Jan 2024, 07:54
- Forum: Help
- Topic: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4182
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...
- 03 Jan 2024, 16:37
- Forum: Help
- Topic: coflicts when real and sort order seems to be canged
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4182
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...
- 03 Jan 2024, 10:30
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Defender suddenly dislikes FreeFileSync
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5528
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.
Looks like illegal use: https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#commercial
So, perhaps it is just your companies way to protect itself against legal liabilities.
- 02 Jan 2024, 12:11
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bug Report - Incomplete %ComputerName%
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20021
Re: Bug Report - Incomplete %ComputerName%
Note that HOSTNAME and ComputerName are different beasts.
You (harryytm) never reacted to my initial reply about ComputerName ...
You (harryytm) never reacted to my initial reply about ComputerName ...
- 02 Jan 2024, 09:42
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Contact FreeFileSync license
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2843
- 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: 4879
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...
- 29 Dec 2023, 09:43
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Error 0x80070570 with 'ffs_tmp' file
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4245
- 29 Dec 2023, 09:37
- Forum: Help
- Topic: I've got a conflict...3,000 of them!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3300
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...
- 28 Dec 2023, 08:24
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Versioning problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4888
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...
- 28 Dec 2023, 08:11
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Run on cronjob
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3851
Re: Run on cronjob
Have you tried to follow the manual?
- 26 Dec 2023, 09:33
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unable to access network shares in Linux
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15548
Re: Unable to access network shares in Linux
> but it appears that FFS is not capable of doing this.
By now, you should have understood that it is not FFS, but rather Linux that is not capable of doing what you want.
By now, you should have understood that it is not FFS, but rather Linux that is not capable of doing what you want.
- 26 Dec 2023, 09:21
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Sync from encrypted usb to pc folder
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5902
Re: Sync from encrypted usb to pc folder
It depends on what type of encryption is applied. As FreeFileSync (FFS) works at file-level, if your encryption is also at file-level, FFS will gladly sync files in their encrypted form. Similarly, if you can mount your encrypted drive or folder(s) as a seemingly unencrypted drive or folder (some en...
- 26 Dec 2023, 08:55
- Forum: Help
- Topic: FTP Timeout when sync bigger files
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24469
Re: FTP Timeout when sync bigger files
Zenju's E-mail address can be found at the bottom of the FFS Home page.
- 23 Dec 2023, 16:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unable to access network shares in Linux
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15548
Re: Unable to access network shares in Linux
In Windows, next to typing \\nas\share1 in the FFS location window, you can also drag a folder from e.g. Windows (File) Explorer and drop it into the FFS left or right location window. I believe on a MAC you can do the same by dragging a folder from Finder and drop it into the FFS left or right loca...
- 23 Dec 2023, 11:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Move Than Copy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8946
Re: Move Than Copy
Not an automatic one:
viewtopic.php?t=10850#p41436
viewtopic.php?t=7690
But it seems you already discovered the manual way to do it.
viewtopic.php?t=10850#p41436
viewtopic.php?t=7690
But it seems you already discovered the manual way to do it.
- 22 Dec 2023, 09:47
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Google Drive Comparison
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10845
Re: Google Drive Comparison
Theoretically, files can have an identical checksum and still differ in content.
That is however very, very unlikely, and, as explained in said threads, not the reason why FFS does not use hashes.
That is however very, very unlikely, and, as explained in said threads, not the reason why FFS does not use hashes.
- 22 Dec 2023, 09:42
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Copy without two way sync?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9191
Re: Copy without two way sync?
> I am assuming in sync settings, this would just be the mirror option? Both the Update and Mirror sync variant will only modify your right-side location ; not your left-side location. The Update sync variant will not delete any item from your right-side location that does not (or no longer) exist i...
- 21 Dec 2023, 08:40
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Google Drive Comparison
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10845
Re: Google Drive Comparison
For good reasons, FreeFileSync (FFS) does not use hashes (as discussed in this forum in multiple threads).
Instead, FFS uses a plain bit-by-bit comparison.
Instead, FFS uses a plain bit-by-bit comparison.
- 20 Dec 2023, 07:42
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Folder pairs problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7802
Re: Folder pairs problem
The problem seems to be that you created an overlap between your two folder pairs. Your first right location is D:\ , your second one D:\Photos . But D:\Photos is obviously part of D:\ , so there is your overlap. I would expect FreeFileSync (FFS) gave you a warning to that extent. There are (at leas...
- 19 Dec 2023, 09:19
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Is it normal for estimated remaining time to vary as much as by days?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9884
Re: Is it normal for estimated remaining time to vary as much as by days?
There is no reason to expect that the FFS estimate would be more accurate than what e.g. Windows (File) Explorer predicts.
- 18 Dec 2023, 08:12
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Include filter excludes non filtered files from deletion on right
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7704
Re: Include filter excludes non filtered files from deletion on right
Correct. Any Excluded or not Included files and folders are simply not considered for any sync actions. The deletion of all not \202?\ folders and their content from your backup seems a one-time action and should be not too hard to do manually. If you want, you could also use FFS: Leave your Include...
- 16 Dec 2023, 15:28
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to export the list of files to be synchronised or deleted
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10901
Re: How to export the list of files to be synchronised or deleted
After running a Compare:
Tools / Export File List
Tools / Export File List