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[Quote] You can set up all of that with FFS. Just make sure to exclude the versioned files from sync.

Ok, I see know. I didn't get the details before. But which function has the small button next to the filter button with the arrow to the right? For users who don't have a mouse wit…

Great idea xCSxXenon, indeed it uses the excluded list inside FFS, "reverse it" and allows to identify and remove all those files. This is a very good workaround. Thanks.

As mentioned, some of the apps I'm using opened it's data file and save without changing their content, thus caused the modified date to be updated. Thus, it would be great to have…

Ah, I see... If you want to keep both versions in their locations, just exclude them from the sync?

[Quote] I missed that! Keeping a backup of the key and retaining an installer is fine, you probably know what you are doing if you get to this type of service. What I don't like is…

De-dupe is a feature of the file-system and there is no way that I am aware of to do what you are thinking. The de-dupe works by having a "reference table" of binary data so simila…

This patch will permit to build freefilesync with any curl version >= 7.66.0 on the system. Hopefully you can merge this into your source code. Principle is always the same when yo…

[Quote] Sounds like macOS is crashing after running out of memory due to its buggy file system caching. The latest FFS 11.26 implements a workaround: [URL]

Permit reproducible builds by use of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH Currently the code relies on __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros. This prevents to have reproducible build because these values chan…

Hello, If one has more than one version of wx-widgets installed, there might be problems at configure time because the wrong version might be used. The attached patch permits to fi…

After updating to the new version 11.26 of Donate Edition, one of my backups (from google drive to local disk), when starting to make copies it strangely closes without warning. I …

That's not possible right now.

[Quote] You've got a typo in there. Should be: [Quote] You could also open %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (aka shell:startup) from the command-line using S…

ok thanks for that info @therube still not running. it will run fine manually but not as a scheduled task. can't see what's going on - v frustrating! I've deleted and re-made the t…

On my home network, I have 2 NAS drives. I set some of the NAS folders to not use their Recycle bins. I get the same message that you are getting and I have always ignored it becau…

Thanks a lot! I forgot about the right click...

It seems that are all items only living on right (updated) side are compared backwards with left side. In my opinion these is not neccessary on update mode (or also user defined mo…

While it'd be great to be able to do this directly from the source and destination files and folders menu, that method does sound great to get something going in the meantime. Than…

Thanks much. Sorry, didn't know this was covered before. I was able to do it with a Powershell batch file.

Hi, is it possible to enable/disable DACL/SACL per batch job? If not, it will be nice to add such feature in future version. I have some directories that I need to synchronise with…

Seems like this request got lost, so *push* - thank you. If this is not possible yet, please move it to "General Diskussion" which according to the description is rather a "Feature…

Hi I cant connect to my google drive account Its been few days am getting this error : Unable to connect to Google Drive. CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT: SSL connection timeout [curl_eas…

[Quote] Cool, so the original issue is solved?

Well, FFS first needs to read the file names, dates and sizes, before it is able to apply its Include and/or Exclude Filter rules based on [URL] and/or [URL]. How else would FFS be…

[Quote] I know this is an older post but may be helpful for other people. Consumer google drive has some sort of algorithm for throttling. I run into this quite often as I have a M…

Just opened the application for the first time and there is a button on the welcome screen. Apologies for the wasted bytes.

Hi, Checked FAQ's but not listed so is WIN SRV 2022 ok for full folder permission acl copies etc? Thanks,

Comparing the file content of huge amounts of files between 2 drives can be a lengthy process, there would be some situations that would be needed to pause the comparing operation,…

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Ah, good to know. Does this happen enough to be worrisome for the average "not essential" nightly "just in case backup" sync? Like the next night it will be corrected?

The official 11.26 version is not available yet (status 8 September 2022), but given the rate at which Zenju releases updates, you can likely expect v11.26 pretty soon.

Alternatively: Backup [Quote] to [Quote] with the standard Include Filter

[Quote] Custom background colors via a color picker menu option has been implemented for FFS 11.26!

> ... and they update the destination folder as needed In order to determine what needs to be synced, FFS (also) has to read the destination location(s). FFS searches the destinati…

Your expectations are incorrect. FFS ignores data outside of its filters entirely

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> Since you two do not seem to exactly agree When in doubt, follow the advice of Zenju. After all, Zenju is the author of FFS; I am just a (meanwhile) experienced user.

@Plerry Folder1 is not a root folder, it is just one of the thousands of deeply nested folders in the drive that I am syncing, that's why this approach doesn't help. So my workarou…

Hi, I've configured the pause before disabling the network adapter but the email notification do not start because start after the command. FIX REQUEST 😁: execute email notificatio…

here is just a sharing (it may not be the best way, i don't know.) sourcefolder, transitfolder, finalfolder my use: 1: sync all folders (without files) by exclude *: from sourcefol…

sorry i was not clear enough!! by 'folder structure' i meant actually ALL folders. anyway, many thanks for the reply!! Marki.

[Quote] [Code] "hr" is HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SERVICE_DISABLED), but the exception is not thrown. Why? I actually had to debug to see the typo. And there's not even a compiler wa…

Sounds like "G" is failing or has a spotty cable

I've searched but can't find a suggestion for this feature, running on Windows. Specifically, I'd find it useful to be able to add a sorting feature to the post-sync log screen, in…

hi I don't want to be log file created if Info: Nothing to synchronize, or source folder cannot be found. Was that possible? Only want to ffs create log file if something in source…

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Using full paths seems to be a common error that FFS could detect and also fix in most cases. Implemented for the next version: [Attachment] [URL]

Ok, I read more and got the answer to my Q. Both modes are possible, very easily. FFS is the best!!

As long as they can see each other in File Explorer, FFS will work