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Hi, i need to create a script that don't copy locked file but show a error message. When i save the script, always when the copy process find a locked file, it backup the shadow co…

Try using Google Lens on it.

[Quote] I see. Thanks a lot, xCSxXenon.

No clue what you guys are doing wrong, but FFS absolutely created new folders when they appear on one side only, as long as your sync settings are correct. That picture shows an at…

That is such a niche scenario... What happens when you run out of space on the tape? Doesn't it just give you an error and pause the transfer, then gives you options to retry, skip…

[Quote] True if such is actually the case. It would be even simpler if each designer only makes changes in his/her local "own" folder. Then for that "own" folder the sync direction…

Flatpak seems like a reasonable solution. The thing is that I am a very security-paranoid Linux user. I avoid to download binaries from the Internet whenever possible. If I still d…

That is beautiful, it worked perfectly. Thank You bgstack15 !!!

The icons are all stored in Icons.zip. Just make a custom Icons.zip with the same file names inside the zip.

Never mind. Found out it is possible to right click a subfolder of the synced folder in GoogleDrive and click: 'Add to MyDrive' (or something similar). Than you can sync it with FF…

When I launch FreeFileSync, I immediately start 3 backup NAS units. They take between 2 and 3 minutes to boot up. It would be nice if FreeFileSync could poll each offline NAS unit …

[Quote] Actually, permission has been set. I can create many folders and any files e.g. excel, word, etc. Copying files from anywhere and paste on NAS it's really work. I was creat…

It depends on your FFS Compare setting: If you do a Compare based on file time and size or just on size, and that data has not changed as a result of the assumed corruption, then C…

Hello, I use FreefileSync to make backups in my office and I have a question. When I use FreeFileSync with ACL to make a backup from a Windows drive to another Windows drive there …

Thank you very much. It works!

Create a job and save it with "update" as the synchronization method.

This may be related to a recent issue where MTP was brought up. MTP has some issues sometimes with response times.

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Please, could you add Dropbox and OneDrive login to synchronization? I'm testing some File sync app. Thank you in advance.

Then your "explanation of need" still has not made clear (at least to me) what you mean exactly by "in-between the tasks in a FFS batch".[Quote] This suggests you have a *.bat file…

Every time FFS does a two-way sync it creates db files which, I assume, contain information about what files were, where they were located, modified times, etc, at the time of the …

This has been discussed before. See [URL].

There was a problem with the corporate firewall

ok, not sure what relation with google drive is. As said, after stopping/killing the powershell process the installer completes and FFS seems to run just fine.

[Quote] Yes, that was the kind of (after-) thought I had when reading your method -- it offers the user a bit more control because return code can indicate conditions that the "On …

It would not. It will only sync the previously detected modifications. You would have to rename and then compare/sync again.

I encounter many errors when using Filezilla Server on windows 2012 server. When using Filezilla as client all is going well and can update the remote directory flawless. When usin…

There are two kinds of errors that indicate that a file is "locked": ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION: A file handle is open but doesn't share read access (= the most common type of "locked…

> Google drive also changes the modification time when a file is renamed I did not know this. This is unfortunate. Upon further testing, I see that FFS can already detect renames o…

For RTS to work, the file/operating system needs to support registering for sending change notifications. Like for (S)FTP, this may not be the case for Drive File Stream. See e.g. …

See the [URL], and then specifically the LockDirectoriesDuringSync setting. You should preferably only set this to "false" if there is no risk that other FFS syncs may run against …

Already asked and answered: see [URL]

Doesn't sound like an issue with FFS, although more information would be beneficial.

You can right click a folder in the sync window and exclude it in the saved program

In FFS you can use [URL] as a deletion method. This means that files deleted from the source but (still) present in the destination, will be moved from the destination location to …

Hello, I created a very very simple ruby gem that I use to run one or more ffs_batch files. In fact, this gem is my first gem I've ever written. To see it : [URL] To install it fro…

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[Quote] Hello xCSxXenon, thank you very much for your fast answer. I really could of used my own brain to get to this result. I think I will do it how you described. If there isn't…

Hello, just wanted to say thanks for this awesome software that is continuously updated. When I copy files from my fast raid server to my stablebit drivepool volume of spanned driv…

Bravo!!

You may need to boot into a Linux OS that will bypass the attributes that Windows looks at. If that fails, it may just be completely dead

I ran into the same issue and figured out that FFS was stopping on a file error (cannot copy file... or something). I simply opened FFS task configuration and checked 'Ignore Error…

hello, i also need a simpler file versioning modus. like this: [URL] i do not work with high complex projekt folder structure. i most edit one dokument and i would like to have a '…

The error says that Freefilesync cannot move an *.*ffs_tmp (several files in several popup) in the Recycle Bin. Some Help? Release 10.13

I realize now what I really need is a command line sync so that so I can create folder pairs on the fly. Update: I have create a test command with 3 left and 3 right folders. The G…

As Compare works, you apparently still have read access on the WD My Cloud device share. But as writing there fails, apparently you no longer have write access.

This sounds like a case for a Custom sync variant, as you can select in the Synchronization settings (F8), and where you can define your custom actions. If we assume that you defin…

There is a fascinating discussion on Linux Weekly News about a proposed addition to the Linux kernel that could be an alternative to fsync() that would be particularly useful on ce…

Hi Zenju, Thank you for your reply. The default setting in VeraCrypt is set to "Preserve modification timestamp of file containers", so I was thinking because this is a security fe…

You could solve this using multiple folder pairs, with the last pair syncing only last_sync.txt.