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RFE: UPDATE sync option to have the ability to use Database (Detect moved files, sync.ffs_db) A pack-rat. So I archive away stuff, say like programs. And I keep a "library" /LIB/ o…

It's case-by-case. If someone one were restore on older copy, they would probably want to have the date of backup rather than details linked with the file itself. Also, backups are…

If it is that common, create a separate configuration. Is having another config in the side panel any worse than having to sort through the folder pairs in one config?

When using FFS in command line mode and supplying a batch file as input, logs are produced in html format even if global settings say text format. This does also not change if expl…

Not directly in the application. You will need to send to one email address and set up an email forwarder from there.

Hi @zenju, Are there any plans to adopt the license behavior of the Linux edition of FreeFileSync to match the behavior of the Windows portable edition? I am aware that the Linux v…

This is already supported. In fact I use Winmerge to do specific compares myself. See Tools => Options, and Customize Context Menu.

Just recently installed on my Ubuntu laptops here and using it to transfer files between NAS boxes here. Latest 8 drive NAS boxes are using XigmaNAS. LSi Raid controllers in these …

Hi, I am using free version of FFS. I want to support the project and donate to get the donation version of FFS. How to get it on the flatpak version??

Hi there, I am an enthusiast on FreeFileSync. I use it about 2~3 years (and sometime donates). Well, today I updated my macOS version to 10.25 and noticed that app perfomance on ma…

I would appreciate a reaction to my post of 16 May. Zenju?

Support for Shared Drives has been added in FreeFileSync 10.25! :)

I'm trying to do precisely that. By date. The entire contents of the server are mirrored at a second location. The only files I need to move are the new ones. Filtering by time mak…

You can copy/paste as an easier way to do that. But, it would be cool to right-click and 'send to' another config

For the Update sync variant this indeed seems to be a possibility. It would however make the scan sync variant specific; for all three other variants a full scan of both sides is r…

Thanks Plerry, that explains all the scenarios very well.

I usually use ccleaner with the following inclusion rules: Drive or Folder: C: \ Users \ [user] \ AppData \ Roaming \ FreeFileSync \ File Types: LastRun *. * Drive or Folder: C: \ …

Although not the sorting option you request: You can re-order your folder-pairs via the black arrow icon in front of all (but the first) folder pairs. But be aware: the order of th…

If the order of syncing matters, you should define multiple syncs and run those in the proper sequence. In your case, first sync your local machine sync to your local folder, and t…

Simply select the desired Delete Files method in the [URL] window. For you, the desired setting seems to be Permanent.

For the record: FFS also shows progress in the notification area while it's minimized. The problem is that Windows (by default) hides the icon, so some (many?) users may be unaware…

For now it works fine as is, thanks for your help ! :)

[Quote] it will be great if this feature add, waiting 🙂

[Quote] as per my experince with GoodSync,yes it can handle this issue but also there is the best which I used too ,called Gs Richcopy 360 ,it has a high performance with such a ca…

As already stated above, assuming the Cloud for both syncs above is one and the same location, it will only contain a single ffs_db file with relevant info on both the sync from/wi…

The above reads as a fairly illogical way of running syncs. The more logical approach is to run all syncs versus a single "central" location, e.g. C. So, you would sync A<=>C and B…

You saved me in this hard time with covid-19. Your program has helped my small business be able to keep on running remotely! I cannot thank you enough! I will be donating as soon a…

This is going to be related to what version of the curl library you have. The CURLE_QUIC_CONNECT_ERROR was added in 7.69 per [URL]. Zenju likes to follow upstream projects very clo…

[Quote] Thank you for your reply. Yes, it is necessary to retain documentation rights for existing documents as well as inheritance rights

I switched... everything, and it's still not working. I'm running FFS on the source computer, now, not the destination. I'm using SMB / Windows File Sharing over VPN, rather than F…

Hello, I saw no responses. Maybe an attach explain better my idea. Into Destination.ffs_db I mean just include the Source files&folders structure, date&time and size. Regards

Thanks for the reply. Yes I could run them consecutively, but that's extra work on my part - I want the tool to do the hard work :) - of course, that means if I want to add a new f…

Related: [URL] FFS is using: [Code] From there on it's up to either wxWidgets or the operating system to pick a decent color (which is apparently not happening in the example).

Macros? [URL]

It's also a very wrong statement and I apologize. The computer I was using has DLP software on it and that was tripping up the USB copying. Moved to another computer and now it's c…

zlib can be a performance bottleneck on fast networks or when the data is already compressed (e.g. zip), therefore it will be an option in FFS 10.24, off by default: [URL]

Hi, I'm getting what I believe to be a false positive by a Microsoft AV scanner on the FFS donation edition 10.23 and getting some grief from our security officer about that becaus…

I have set the backup revisions keep 7 days. But I also want a copy for every month and keep 6 month. How to keep a copy like this: FileA.xls 2020-04-23.xls FileA.xls 2020-04-22.xl…

Or, if large files files need to be replaced, you may be suffering the side effects of FFS's fail-safe file copy feature. See e.g. [URL].

Thanks Plerry for your answer, yes, this is the topology: (folder)Laptop1 <=> PC (folder) PC <=> Laptop2 (folder) PC acts as a server, always up and running with not logged in user…

I think FFS can do that, and cloud-specific features like this would increase the value of the tool. I am a software developer, and my logic is the following. The Google Drive Back…

See the list of FFS exit codes in the [URL].

Well, at least you duplicated [URL].

In most cases, FFS is able to detect moved or renamed files, provided: - The files were previously synced by FFS within the scope of the left and right base location or any of its …

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All of which is irrelevant when used for (at least less frequent) backup purposes (assuming you let HDs hibernate in between backups).

I am aware of the cmd solution, and it is easy but more complicated than FFS ;-) thanks anyway. I did it the Zenju-way and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

[Quote] Perfect, at least FFS has (good?) company. :)

Compression before transfer would need to be performed at the send/source-side and decompression after transfer at the receive/target-side, and as such would require software to ru…