FreeFileSync Forum

When I click the start button for RealTimeSync, the application closes. I've tried several times. I specified a batch file in a valid path, but no batch file gets created. I want t…

Last night I was backing up /home/john/live_files/* on my Linux Mint system by running a batch job which invokes FFS when, for the first time, I encountered: Cannot open file "/hom…

Apparently SharePoint can be fixed! This is the real solution rather ignoring something as fundamental as file size: [URL]

Apparently SharePoint can be fixed! This is the real solution rather ignoring something as fundamental as file size: [URL]

Apparently SharePoint can be fixed! This is the real solution rather ignoring something as fundamental as file size: [URL]

Anything every come of that google search? (Some, perhaps much of the highest hits are outright wrong, btw.) I've got something I came up with, but I'm not even certain that is cor…

Possible optimization: when synchronizing a file, only the delta (what has been modified) could be written to the file (instead of a normal copy of the file). This would be useful …

There is nothing for the user to do. FreeFileSync detects and syncs files/folders differing in case. Unless there are conflicts, as Plerry mentioned.

I understand. Under the circumstances, that's exactly what I want. It would be nice, though, if that was one of the options when setting up a backup, so it could be set up individu…

Better, consistent and centralized promotion of the app among Linux distribution, among other things. I invite you to read the specs.

> ...and want to be able to encrypt the file at the ftp server in the cloud. That is not a safe method. If only the cloud/ftp-server side would encrypt your files, they would be se…

Been a feature for years and isn't related to RTS, but rather your FFS configuration. FFS doesn't change anything on its own, so somebody was clicking in the configurations setting…

You are talking about two different things. Reading/writing every byte on the disk is referred to as a "refresh". This functionality is best done at a hardware level, not a file-sy…

From the [URL]: [Quote] So, it is OK to have it installed on more than one computer. But I believe there is a built-in check on (excessive) distribution.

Will this ever happen?

No, the "Stop" button interrupts file copying, unlike "Pause", which completes all pending file transfers first. [Quote] No this won't happen (unless you disable fail-safe file cop…

I don't know anything of Dropbox, but does the section on [URL] apply?

Actually, all my testing was done with the free version. As I noted in my original post, the free version is fine for this purpose, but it exhibits the described issue. But thank y…

That was not the issue. If FFS is installed into C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync, and I executed the direct access from the desktop (I suppose it is the 32 version) , ffs can’t creat…

Oops, my bad. Thanks for the correction!

What is you sync'd locally, then encrypted & uploaded? So you sync from /my files/ to /my files to go to cloud/. Then copy/encrypt from /my file to go to cloud/ to /encrypted/. The…

I have created several batch files to synch various directories to different HDDs and I have specified that each batch file runs at different times. It would be informative to me t…

SSDs don't fail in the same way that spinning platters do. Even if a sector scan shows fine, there may be other issues. What does the SMART data show?

You've likely told FFS not to show you that warning anymore. You can reset these flags in the options "Show hidden dialogs and warning messages again:"

[Quote] Isn't that what the logs are for?

@tangofan A creative solution! As you can see, there is often more than one way to skin a cat ...

[Quote] From your personally kept archive of old installers, which likely doesn't exist.

That sounds really good, thank you, I will give it a try.

Thank you!! that completely solves any possible confusion.

The program controlling a Move operation can make it very safe by Copy/Check/Delete, so no reason not to have a Move option on security grounds. The reason for requesting it in FFS…

Thanks, any suggestions for creating system backups (bootable and incremental) ?

Perhaps the same answer as, [URL] - I don't really know? Or a search here for "onedrive" might turn up more?

Hi, I use ffs with Dropbox. You need an open source app called rclone. Use it to map/mount a drive letter in Windows to your Dropbox account. You can use NSSM to install rclone as …

thank you, that seems to be EXACTLY what I am looking for :) thank you

Dear Forum Colleagues, Among the Sync/Bckp Apps that I have tested - over the decades that I have been dealing with computer systems (I come from the "old" MS-DOS) -, including "tr…

Hi guys, So I was doing a Mirror operation, basically moving all my data from one hard disk to another, so it was TBs of data. I left it overnight and when I got up the AMD graphic…

> Regarding file version control, is it possible to create a save destination in each folder instead of in one location? Nope! FFS always versions files that are deleted from or ov…

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Hello, I am testing FFS and I found stopped jobs with errors. (attached) Jobs (Sync - Update) are run via Task Scheduler and have checked "Ignore all errors". Files are copied from…

I setup my WD 2100 to have FTP access. Then went to the office and accessed the FTP. Once I found I had access, I setup FFS to backup certain files to the FTP. Everything worked gr…