FreeFileSync Forum

Hello! I wonder how and when files can be deleted in a two-way Synch. It's possible?

My suggestions for FreeFileSync: I would like during a mirror copy operation with FreeFileSync there be an option available so that all files and subdirectories have their attribut…

Hi, I have a scenario in which I guess (correct me if I'm wrong) I need to have two folderpairs with the same destination folder. I want all my files from root + specified folders …

I have an existing RealTimeSync job. I want a clean and simple way to setup multiple jobs that sync different folders with completely separate rules for each sync job. I must have …

I found the answer myself. FFS is included in the LM SW Manager. To get FFS the Linux Mint SW Manager's settings need to be adjusted. edit > SW sources > additional repositories > …

I am running Linux Mint 17.3 on a notebook. Using FFS, I want to synch my /home folder with a copy on an external HDD. Synch setting "mirror" my /home with a folder /homecopy. Cond…

Follow the explanations by @Pierry and especially to the last thing: Save your settings. I have several settings for synching several folders (never all) on to several HDDs. I clic…

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It seems this doesn't install the new fonts.... It looks like it's copied over.... but did not install. (I feel like this is a Windows 7 bug?) Can the RealtimeSync be configured to…

Just look into the FreeFileSync installation folder for the manual. However the online version seems to be way more useful. It's so much easier to post links around rather than try…

Come on, fantasia. Stop nagging and do as instructed/requested. The error message is extremely clear: your system can not find the file "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\Bin\FreeFileS…

Hello, thanks for so good program. I have been a user of goodsync for long time, for me is the reference. The only thing I miss is the sftp with certification. Now you can only use…

Zenju, thanks for the reply. So until then, the choice is either to RTS the entire drive (in this scenario), or else to use Task Manager to schedule regular backups. Anyone have an…

Is the FreeFileSync considered a Server Backup app or a PC backup up?

Hi .this is a very good one to sync files. Please help me to how to auto sync with this software in a day.

Hello, In the "Synchronizing..." progress dialog, it would be nice to have the remaining time for the current file too, which will be useful for large files. Thank you for this exc…

> Cat5 crossover cable? Never used one, so don't know if that would work or not? You would think the cable being a physical layer, FFS shouldn't care or even necessarily know, you …

[Quote] And just what are those limitations? And is it file name only or file name + path?

nice

If implemented please make this optional, preserving the owner is very important for my use case.

FFS takes the directory structure into consideration when it makes its compares. And at present you seem to be compare a source with 1700 files to a target with 0 (I'm presuming). …

I love freefilesync, what an awsome program. I use free file sync to backup my hard disk. After rearranging pictures (taking them from a folder to another), free file sync deletes …

Why is noone responding? Please add an option: "auto-copy the newer file on conflict"

I third that. Folders would be great. I've used weird filenames to organize.

I set up a file time/size, Update sync. Source was FFS instalDir Target was C:\OUT Ran that. Then went back & changed file extensions of the files in the /Languages/ directory to C…

haha thank you. I am officially blind.

Yes, see "5. Use a different GlobalSettings.xml file": [URL]

See menu->tools->options: Automatic retry on error.

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I was looking for something like this today. I didn't see the option in macros and didn't think to look in the external apps page. My goal would be to support this pattern in the L…

I too would like to see this capability. Consider this scenario, I currently use Robocopy wrapped up in some custom PowerShell cmdlets in order to control various input settings an…

I appreciate the alternative suggestions, althoughI think you would agree that this are "workarounds" similar to just putting an asterix in the "exclude" filter of the folder pairs…

Consider the following files and folders source\fileA.txt source\fileB.txt dest\folder1 dest\folder2 Now I create "mirror" a profile with two folder pairs, and local filters: sourc…

Sorry my mistake.

Hi, i want to sync one folder or drive on NAS - but without connecting the NAS to my PC as drive (because the crypto-virus can crypt all files on connected drives) Can you add func…

Besides my thanks for the reply, I owe you my apologies for the question itself. I did not realize that there was the possibility of setting local filter for every filter pair. Wit…

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[Quote] Oops! I just saw the 8.3 version and installed it. These are working now. I guess we crossed paths and I spoke to soon... my bad!

new internal macro %basedir% which contains the respective source-directorys. when adding this macro to the versioning-path, it is posible to have the full path in the versioning-f…

Great! It really works great, and transparent. One suggestion, mark the local copy as read-only, so WinMerge (and others) give a warning when writing to changes to a temporary copy…

The cmdlet "Start-Process" that has the "-Wait" paramater. [URL] [URL] if you need something more robust, tweak the script below to your liking [Code]

Show total number of filepairs in the logfile ? i think it can be useful. volker01

Hi. Been setting up freefilesync for a mate to mirror a mac data drive. I have 2 drives (master and backup) but when I start the mirror operation I get a write/permission error alm…

[Quote] Brutal honesty... I LOVE IT! :D

Thank you Zenju, and best regards.

Hej, it would be perfect to have a file execution option on error. In my case: connection to server is aborted. After 5times retry of freefilesync - instead of an error - the recon…

I sync my NAS mounted on a Linux PC to an NTFS formatted USB drive. Assume I have a Folder/File on my NAS called "user0" and this folder/file exists as "User0" on my USB drive. (Fo…

We use FreeFileSync to get application data of the windows server on a network drive. We use the gui to setup FreeFileSync and write the ffs_batch file, we created a cron (task) on…

Hi, I use freefilesync to manually sync (mirror) one particular folder on one machine to a number of other machines on a network. The problem is that sometimes some of these networ…

I've recently found Bitvise SSH-server (free for non-comercial use), and it seems to work perfectly with FreeFileSync. It was also rather easy to setup. Hope this helps someone.