FreeFileSync Forum

This has been brought up for uses like web site updates (SVN/Git versioning), but my request is a little different. I have remote sites with slow enough internet or bandwidth limit…

Hi, I want to know if there is a configuration to compare a directory directly against another, rather than comparing both against each other? Scenario - I want to 'compare' if my …

Hi FreeFileSync Developers Thanks for the great software. Feature Request Could FFS be made to favour the VSS method of copying for files larger than a certain size? or perhaps for…

I solved, back to a previous restore point to winxp, uninstalling everything, cleaning the registry, re-installing freefilesyncr 6.4 and recreating the rules ... the update to 6.5 …

Oh, I restarted FreeFileSync, and now it does not happen anymore!

it's OK now. all i did was point it back to the new 6.5 directory during the open file selection by chosing a file there and it seemed to save this now as the default location. I h…

Is it possible to sync between a pc and laptop using a bridged usb cable to improve transfer speeds? If so how do I force it use the cable route rather than over the existing wirel…

If sync'ing / copying over a network, the response time can be very slow for a device to respond More specifically, if the device isn't present on the network, 10+ seconds are wast…

Could you add a possibility by Batch/General configuration to log "Info: No files to synchronize!" to be generated for each Pair in FolderPairs? It would be great for us to see in …

How does one remove paths/directories from the drop down list of previously used/selected directories? I have paths to devices that I no longer have in the drop down lists and woul…

This would provide what Hermann Schinagl calls [URL], right? That would be a wonderful thing! P.S.: It would be nice if the documentation explained what happens with existing hard …

I guess the simplest solution is to: 1. compare both sides and hide all files/folders that exist on the master side only 2. Select the list of top level directories from the overvi…

Please ignore this post. I found how to make the change. Sorry. From: Pete Goss [mailto:[Email]] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:46 PM To: '[Email]' Subject: How do I re-set the L…

My system just crashed and after chkdsc, I'm up and running again with some glitches. One of which is that freefilesync does not display English as the default language, despite re…

[Quote] I have the same need, to periodically replicate from a read-only network source. I disabled the locks in GlobalSettings.xml, and now get a different error (Z: is the read-o…

I discovered another situation that causes the error code 22 (at least in Ubuntu, I don't know how it works in Windows). When I named files with a colon (:), FFS couldn't make the …

[Quote] i found the problem: Global Settings - Copy filesystem permissions: if set, i receive "Windows Error Code 1300" if not set, every thing works fine, just like expected. i am…

Done. Support for CR2 raw images has been added for the next FreeFileSync release: [404, Invalid URL: http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/FreeFileSync_6.5_beta_Windows_Setup.exe]

I would like to have a third comparison option where it would compare date/size first and, if date and size were equal, it would compare the content. In my case and, I believe, for…

I'm not sure what this option is intended to do. It's not documented in the help file here on windows. It says it requires and creates a database when enabled and that it is not su…

Sure you can recover your stuff with any file manager, PE CD etc. With "experiment" I didnt refer to real data, of course. Create a folder with dummy files, the change them and syn…

THANKS. Works like a charm now. Also a really good idea to combine the 3 dialogs - allows a quick step-through to double-check at one glance.

It would be cool if more variables in the global options could be controlled by environment variables. For instance, I'm setting up backup scripts which back up to two different lo…

Hi, I have the following XML config file for RealTimeSync that monitors D:\Luca and R:\Luca but I wouldn't like to monitor all the subfolders. Can I add some "exclude" rules as I c…

[Quote] My system is Linux, so can not see what you are referring to

It would be nice if you could preview the files that will be filtered so you can check your filters. On a large disk it takes a lot of scrolling to see what files will be excluded …

> And there I get the Errors as they have no NTFS capabilities. What errors do you get? FFS already checks if the target drive supports persistent ACLs, and if not it will not copy…

Hi All, This may come through twice, I am still learning how to port here. I just picked up a customer with SBS 2003 R2. He is using it as an Exchange Server. He has lost all his d…

Basically to have an option on "Global Settings" to disable the creation of the "<Last Session>".

Do nothing - already possible Left or right wins - already possible Newer file wins - this has priority anyway, as far as I know. Size only comes into the game if the datetimes are…

Can you give a description under which circumstances you are asked for a password although there is no need to? Steps to reproduce this behavior would be nice.

> Does this mean the sync has to be run twice. If you have N folders that shall be synced in "two way" mode and one of these folders is changed (either create, update or delete) th…

chkdsk /f /r fix my problem

Here's the new beta for testing with support for alternate GlobalSettings.xml files: [404, Invalid URL: http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/FreeFileSync_6.4_beta_Windows_Setup.exe]

It used to be impossible to mirror your data to SkyDrive, but OneDrive (MS's new name for SkyDrive) now mirrors fine. So in case anyone is interested, I thought I would outline how…

Feature request: write log information in STDOUT It would be very usefull to show log in stdout if running batch mode.

It would be a very handy feature, and would respect the standard behaviour of the applications on OS X. Obviously it would be comfortable also on other systems. P.S. Sorry for my e…

Error Code 17 is ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE. Can you post the full error message text and give more info on what you are doing?

Hi, I have recently downloaded the latest version of FreeFileSync (version 6.3) and when I try to synchronize I get the following error "Impossible to create the folder "\\Tvt.xxxx…

I also forgot to mention I am on Windows 7 OS using the portable app. IS there something I am doing wrong?? I see you have answered other questions but just wondered if this is a b…

Hi Zenju, thanks a lot for your answer! I made myself a fool, as I suggested a solution to a problem different of what I tried to solve. The section of the help file that I misunde…

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The Debian 7.4 x64 release is available as a portable version for download: [URL] A general deb file for Debian is currently not maintained.

Hello everyone, I use FFS to sync files from my pc to my Synology DS209 when the computer Shutdown. I use a script to start the batch FreeFileSync. The task starts well, no problem…

Ability to "see" Devices, such as smart phones or nooks. I have to remove the SD card and insert into PC now. Other than that. I LOVE THIS WARE!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!

[Quote] Oops. I should have said a pause button *during the compare phase*. This phase takes quite a while as it has to read every single file across the network (if you're doing a…

Hi, is there a way in freefile sync to go in "diff" mode ? I am searching for a way to leave in the destination directory only the files and dirs which are note in the first one. R…

Hi, in the Portable version 6.3 there is (I thing) bug. When I rename program folder, and then run the FFS, loading of the program ends with error message "Cannot get process infor…

The changelog is great. But it doesn't mention which version is needed to run on Mac OSX 10.6.x I downloaded several but none would work. Also how to compile on Linux from source? …

Hi, syncing a Windows share (Windows 2008 R2 Standard) to a local hard disk on a AirBook crahes the Windows fileserver (blue screen). Is this a known problem? Is there some work-ar…