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If you (mirror or update) sync e.g. (left) C:\FolderA\FolderAA\FolderAAA\ to (right) D:\Folder1\, after the sync D:\Folder1\ will contain the content of C:\FolderA\FolderAA\FolderAAA\, but not the folder "FolderAAA" itself with its content. From your reaction, I take it that all the "...

The cited message is not an error, but a warning; you can decide to go ahead anyway if you are sure what you are doing is OK/safe. However, in your case you should not proceed! Also looking at the next question in your posting, it seems you do not fully understand how FFS works. When running a sync ...

Upon defining a new sync, but particularly also after updating the software I make it a habit of first running a comparision and then evaluate if the comparison results match my expectations. If so, then I run the actual sync. If not, then I correct my mistakes (never seen any FFS mistakes ...) and ...

Just some hints:
* Verify that the .txt-file meets the criteria of your include filter
* Verify that the .txt-file does not meet the criteria of your exclude filter
* Verify that you are using the correct left-right folders
* Look at the results of (just) running a compare, and the suggested actions

Are those 4 folders really folders, or are they actually links?
If these folders are links, you might need to set the Symbolic Link handling to "Follow"
in the comparison settings.

This already possible.
Just specify in the include-part of the file/folder filter
which files or file-types should be included.
E.g.: change the * (all) into *.jpg to include only jpg-files

Hi! I think almost the same way. If I compare files by size AND time, newer files will be listed among files with the same date, but with different sizes. It would be better to choose each criterion independently. Going a little further, sometimes we need to keep newer files and folders automatical...

You describe you use the Update-mode, your (difficult to read) picture shows you use a Custom-mode that, apart from how to handle conflicts, is identical to the Update-mode. In either case, any files existing on the target-side that do not or do no longer exist on the source-side will not be removed...

In a Windows environment, file- and folder-names are case insensitive (although one can use a mix of upper- and lower-case in naming files and/or folders, and Windows will gladly remember this). For comparison, file names that are only (fully or partially) different in case, evaluate to being identi...

Similar problem here. I'm trying to back up my home folder in Linux. I have inclusions: * And Exclusions: /.*/ The dot signals hidden folders. But I want to include certain files from those hidden folders: /.wine/drive_c/users/Public/Application Data/The Word/Misc/my* and they are not being include...

Regarding your item 4), your request seems to be based on a misconception on how the include and exclude filters work and how to use them. See my reply in https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=524 Regarding your item 3), your request makes a lot of sense and I fully second it as an option. ...

> I had the name every exclude except *.qbw Don't know what you mean here. However, also looking at your request in another post in this forum about reversing the priority/precedence of the include vs. the exclude filters, it appears (?) you do not understand and/or use these filters correctly. As p...

Then simply only include "*.qbw" (and not "*")
and forget about excludes ..

I cant find anything to whine about anymore, everyting works perfect now !theking971

> I cant find anything to whine about anymore ...

It almost sounds like a disappointment ;-)

FFS does not support directly accessing FTP volumes.
However, indirectly it does, by mapping a FTP web space to a drive letter.
See the FFS Help-file.

It seems the synchronization setting you should look into is the "update" mode, (as opposed to the "mirror" mode) or define similar functionality via the "custom" mode. This will: 1. Copy any item existing in the source but not existing in the target to the target 2. Ov...

FFS can use FTP connections, however not directly. From an (older, V6.x) Help-file: > FreeFileSync does not support accessing FTP volumes directly. > But this functionality can be integrated by mapping the FTP web space to a drive letter: > Example: Use the free utility NetDrive ( http://www.netdriv...

It seems you are using the "Direct" method for Symbolic Link handling (see Help-file). If all else fails, you might try to create the Symbolic Link W:\Other yourself (once), pointing to W:\1\2\3\other, and use * the Exclude method for Symbolic Link handling if \1\2\3\other is included in t...

Apparently FFS is different in its use-concept than Cobian. Looking at your description, it seems in FFS you only need to use three folder pairs, possibly in three different syncs. One of these would be: C:\ to D:\Backups In the Include Filter of the sync you can replace the * by the 10 folders to b...

I can probably not help in recovering your data, but have some clous on what might have happened. It seems you are running a Mirror-sync and have most likely swapped the source and target location (or a Custom sync effectively acting as a swapped Mirror sync). When you do so in GUI-mode there is sti...

Any decent modern router has QOS, and will prioritize real-time application traffic (VOIP and some multimedia) over file transfer or web browsing, either by default or otherwise after proper configuration. At least as long as the VOIP does not originate from the same computer as the one running FFS ...

Did you try using multiple folder pairs in one and the same "project"? Don't know about the sftp-part, but: Pair 1: (A) E:\ and (B) external Pair 2: (A) E:\ and (B) backup server (//xxxxx/xxx/backup/) works for sure. And then you might try to add: Pair 3: (A) E:\ and (B) sftp://xxx.xxx.xxx...

Not exactly what you are asking for, but: You could try out Boxcryptor Classic ( https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/classic ), free for personal use. Boxcryptor links a virtual drive letter, e.g. F: to a folder, e.g. C:\BoxData\. The data in F: is read/write as normal data, but accessing via C:\BoxData\ ...

Off hand, I can imagine two potential causes: * The folder(s) and/or files that are missing are in your Exclude filter * The Desktop is a Windows system folders that might reside in a "physical" location that is different from the apparent location. See e.g. http://superuser.com/questions/...

Would be happy take a look if one could post a link to the page being referenced. However have numerous batch jobs running in Windows 7, 8, & 10. Usually don't like to jump to the program as the issue (problems are usually user error) but have have not been able to get the task scheduler workin...

Comparison based on file-content rather than on file time/size will not help. FFS compares on file-time/size or on file-content for identically named files, and will not work for renamed or moved files, unless FFS recognizes files as such. I don't know how FFS tries to recognize renamed or moved fil...

Instead of using "Mirror", you can use the "Update" synchronization variant. Assuming an A => B Update sync, * Any files existing on A and not existing on B will be copied from A to B * If files exist on both A and B, and have the same date/time and size, nothing happens. * If fi...

In this specific case you might still succeed in a single run by choosing 3 folder pairs: * folder pair 1: c:\data_source ---> d:\backup\data_source * folder pair 2: c:\data_source ---> network:\backup\data_source * folder pair 3: d:\backup ---> network:\backup The 2nd folder pair now adds to the si...

Don't know if you can force it according to your wish. But, what you can do is run two separate FFS syncs sequentially: first c:\data_source ---> d:\backup\data_source and then d:\backup ---> network:\backup Depending on your use, you might do this * manually * scheduled (providing sufficient time d...

It warns you that there is a (partial) overlap between your folder pairs:
F:\NAS\backup\My Data\Update_Docs\My Programs is part of F:\NAS

This does not need to cause problems, but might give unexpected results
(incl. potential loss of data) if you don't carefully analyze what you are doing.