FreeFileSync Forum

I don't know, but will assume RealTimeSync (RTS) works under Linux ZorinOS. But you can easily check by having RTS monitor just a single folder where no programs nor the OS makes changes, and then manually create a change there. It is also quite possible that it only works on a local drive (/Home ?)...

To start out with: It is FreeFileSync (FFS) that is mirroring your data, not RealTimeSync (RTS). RTS will only launch FFS (or any other application you may specify) upon detecting any changes in the RTS monitored folders. So, anything related to your sync is configured in FFS, not in RTS. It seems y...

xCSxXenon writes: > When I open a .ffs_real configuration it repopulates the idle time just fine. It seems Synchronizator does not refer to opening a *.ffs_real configuration, but rather to creating a new RTS configuration (e.g. by dragging a *.ffs_batch sync configuration into the RTS GUI window). ...

> ... and only then start using RTS- which [in my opinion] for a newcomer would not be logical For newcomers (not necessarily: to newcomers) the present approach makes even more sense than for experienced users. You first need to "develop" your FFS sync in the FFS GUI, run a Compare, thoro...

I am not the developer, but ... Ad 1) Note that FreeFileSync (FFS) is first and foremost a synchronization program. As an added feature, FFS can move files that are overwritten or deleted by the sync to either the recycle-bin or to a Versioning location where, depending on your settings, you may be ...

1) Correct. As discussed multiple times in this forum.

2) If there will never be any other, concurrent FFS syncs involving C:\ (and/or Z:\) you should be safe to not use the lock files.

Instead of using a single left-right base-folder pair, C:\ <=> Z:\ you could use: Assuming \some1 and \some2 are different: use two folder pairs 1) C:\some1\folder <=> Z:\some1\folder 2) C:\some2\other\folder <=> Z:\some2\other\folder and a simple Include Filter * . In order to prevent the sync.ffs_...

Apart from the above discussion, which now seems to narrow down in semantics, there may be another obvious reason for the developer not to make updates available via Chocolatey: It simply means extra work. Zenju then needs to invest time and effort to pick up the detailed requirements of using Choco...

I am not familiar with Unraid servers, but as xCSxXenon already wrote: If the Windows machines are now the remote locations, they need to have network shares set up. On your Windows machine(s), you need to make the 'to be synced' folders available for remote access (=have network shares set up). You...

Same arguments as already provided in the previous discussions on this topic: In order to determine the hash of a remote file, FFS would need to download the remote file to the machine running FFS. Then it can better compare the entire left- and right-side file than first determining the hashes of t...

Your suggestion seems a pretty bad idea. When resuming the Comparison, a whole lot may have changed in the part of files and folders that were already compared and of which the compare results are saved as per your suggested feature. Those files and folders will obviously not be compared again (why ...

As written before, and essentially also stated in the cited warning message: "In order to get this warning, you must have multiple left-right base folder pairs that at least partially overlap." With the screenshot you show, there is only a single left-right base folder pair. Hence xCSxXeno...

> ... is there a way to skip files that are being stubborn, ...
If the "stubborn" files are consistently the same files, you could add those files to the Exclude Filter.
But obviously those files would then never get synced.

To get this warning, you must have multiple left-right base folder pairs that at least partially overlap, and no or no suitable Include/Exclude Filter settings to eliminate the overlap. If you share your left-right pairs and your Filter settings here, we may be able to help you. You can anonymize wh...

> Where can I disable
In the FFS GUI under Tools / Options; the top left checkbox

Can you translate the Windows error(?)-message in attached file to English?

> I want to know how many device can use ? You can install FreeFileSync (FFS) on as many devices as you like (provided there is an installer for the OS of the device, or you are able to compile it yourself). You can also include as many devices as you like in any FFS sync configuration. > If using d...

Assuming your left and right base folder is the parent of all YEAR folders, you can add an Exclude Filter rule \*\*\*\*\ This should exclude all subfolders (and any of their content) at least four levels deep in the base location. The first *\ matches (at least) all YEAR folders, the second *\ (at l...

See the "Example: Complex filter rules with exceptions" section of the FFS manual page on the Include/Exclude Filter.

Likely you have left "fail-safe file copy" checkmarked (in FFS GUI / Tools / Options), as recommended.
This creates an overhead.
Even more so, when you would have set the VerifyCopiedFiles flag to True.

You can define multiple left-right folder pairs.
In its simplest form your first left-right pair could be
[DesktopPC] => [BackupLocation1]
and your second left-right pair
[DesktopPC] => [BackupLocation2]

It seems you are using the Update sync variant in the FFS sync settings (F8). As you can see in the FFS GUI, when hoovering your mouse over the Difference Categories and corresponding Action for that Category, "right side is newer" files are not overwritten by the older left-side files (&q...

It seems you could use the time-span filter.
Then simply define your time-span to start on the date of your previous sync

> What is the basis for your determination Not sure which determination you mean. If you mean my determination that your expectation based on the FFS manual page on versioning, section 2B is not correct: That is, as stated, based on the fact that despite that the FFS program does exactly what is des...

You wrote earlier This is what I expect to get according to the product documentation And the program does exactly what is described in section 2B . So, if you expect something else based on the product documentation , your expectation is not correct. Whether you find the behavior logical is another...

Local Filter settings are additional to (on top of) the global Filter setting; they don't overrule them. There are several ways to overcome your problem. The most obvious one is to convert the global exclude rule "*cache.*" into a local exclude rule "*cache.*" for the left-right ...

Your expectation is not correct. When not using local sync settings (the right of the two gear-icons in between each left-right pair), all versions of files in any of the base-directories are written to the root of the versioning location, or when using date-coded directories for versioning, to the ...

Like Rob_S said above, try running FFS as Administrator.

The last sync date should (according to other threads) be in the GlobalSettings.xml file. Location: see Expert Settings . However, that dat should not be relevant. Simply run your sync configuration. Even restoring your sync.ffs_db files is less relevant (or can even be a bit risky if the left- and ...