FreeFileSync Forum

Hmmm I will have to investigate this. So you can't select a subfolder to filter out? Just a master folder?

[Attachment] You mean this? I don't see where it asks for a donation, but I do see where it thanks you for a donation. There is a button to take you to the donate page but it's jus…

[Quote] Thank you my friend 👍.

Just a quick note to say this app really saves time and effort sync'ing devices. And I haven't really used this much. I'm sure there are other aids other than simple sync'ing of di…

OK I will set a test up and learn filters, thanks :)

Thanks for this reply, I will try soon.

I'm a long way from rich but I can afford a computer and a backup drive. So I can afford the odd few $ to send to FFS. Please put 1$ a month in a jar and then send it to them at ch…

The fact that the size is of a left- and right-side file is the same ("correct" in your terms) does not necessarily mean the content is the same. Obviously this even holds for file…

AFAIK, there is not a way to set it to default to that. (I'd like it.) (Related, kind of, [URL] :-).)

Thank you, I found it :-) The missing letters were clone 😊👍

If you set the [URL] to true, it will, but make sure to read the limitations.

[URL]

[Attachment] Here's a picture of the section in the GlobalSettings.xml that tracks/reports the 'last sync' status. That long number is what you'd have to modify for each config/lin…

I took the time to recreate my filters and it works now. No idea what was different; I foolishly forgot to save the 'before' XML file to compare to the new. Thanks to all for respo…

Ok thank you Unfortunately the excellent guide that you kindly sent me is in English, I am not very experienced in computers and I get lost easily. I see to make do in manual mode,…

Certainly not the same action for every conflict. You would have to find possible cases and allow the configuration per case. I hope there are not too many cases.

Hi all, I love FFS and finally I ran in the same situation. It would be great to have the choice of an action also for the "=" files. In my special case we are exporting files to a…

Thanks a lot, this helps and I also understood where I went wrong. I created the batch file and put it in the external disk and targeted this batch file and not the batch file crea…

That isn't possible with FFS You'd have to mirror a full copy to an external device from offline-PC, then mirror the external device to the online-PC

This is not my usecase. The drives change often. I can't really change the database structure, the filter list would be longer than the actual list. I have some jobs that have 100+…

That feature is already there: [URL] Change <VerifyCopiedFiles Enabled="false"/> into <VerifyCopiedFiles Enabled="true"/> But make sure to read the note (and link) for VerifyCopied…

I found some notes on compiling FFS for the version of Linux that runs on older Raspberry Pis and have tried to keep them up-to-date: [URL] Can't speak to steps to compile on Windo…

Libssh2 1.11 has been released in May 2023. It adds : - support for sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 and sk-ssh-ed25519 keys - FIDO support with *_sk() functions Do you have any idea when yo…

When syncing I occasionally get a message "Same Date but Different Size". I usually select the files and force an overwrite of the backed-up version. Can't we have a feature that a…

( [Quote] That's my point. If one cannot relatively easily comprehend an expected outcome, mistakes are apt to happen. I'm going to have to re-read these threads, multiple times ;-…

You can type a custom command already. You can write a script that does anything you want and then call it after FFS runs

[Quote] Yes, this error can come up on the first run, and only there: There's no database file yet, so FFS falls back on "differences"-based sync directions for "update". In this c…

I feel ya. It's not my software, just stating its licensing terms

I agree!

[Quote] You're welcome! Glad everything is working now. Don't worry about the system account having permissions because it needs to be able to write to everything that you needed t…

Yes, we've seen this before. If a compare is ran, then data is manipulated, and then a sync is ran, that data manipulation won't be accounted for. Running a comparison queues up a …

What's wrong with building the function into the donate edition and then not releasing it for commercial use? Just because the dev sees it that way, it does not have to be so... as…

I just wanted to add my voice in support of some way to filter out Google formatted files. Filters for *.gdoc or *gsheet and such don't seem to have any effect. On Linux at least, …

Sounds good. Thanks for all of your help!

[Quote] I DID have that much space, enough to save the DB file for 2 FFS runs (source = different folders). I didn't run out of the space until the 3rd run. Thanks for all of your …

I understand what you mean. I don't know either c or python, so I've no clue how hard to add the feature but since the database can compare files 2 by 2, I guess the software may c…

[Quote] Do you know that to be the case? As in if the USB drive hits 85C, it says, "whoa there, time for a timeout!". Is it possible that the drive has cached data, that it needs t…

Use the NAS for Time Machine?

Thanks for your patience with me. I installed the Donation edition successfully.

Auto-Delete "sync.ffs_db" after disabled in the settings from the folderpair?