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There's a way to do this with a single configuration: Use two folder pairs, but specify the same source and target folder names. Then exclude this file from the first folder pair, …

After a system rebuild and partial upgrade was hoping to be able to run FreeFileSync from linux rather than the vmware windows session which is what I was previously doing. However…

When selecting binary comparison, the tool automatically switches the middle grid to "category view", because it assumes you only want to compare both sides without a sync. Just sw…

It's not clear what you mean with "exclude"; you need to scan each file once in order get its name. Only then you know whether it should be processed or not. This is what FFS does,…

Thank You! I can't afford much right now, but hopefully I can come back and give more again in the not-too-distant future.

Thanks! I looked but couldn't tell that it was there. Thanks!

Yes, it's basically the same. But the versioning naming convention changed with v5.7, see: [URL]

So far so good, that is looking much better! Now I need to have a play with the file versioning stuff for the home backup...

Some things on Linux an only be learned the "hard" way ;)

Thanks for immediate reply, and for yr great suggestion that will certainly solve my problem. Have a good day

In fact it doesn't really matter if you install "local" or portably, in both cases the same files will be copied, but "local" will create "uninstall.exe" in addition. On startup FF…

I have the same issue. It leaves the FFS directories on one of the sides, then gives the exact message you describe. I set it to iignore errors: 1. Windows 2007 x64 2. Run as Admin…

Duplicate of: [404, Invalid URL: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1093081&aid=3559311&group_id=234430]

I'm thinking FFS would be a nice tool to do *like* a workstation backup of a machine prior to reformatting. Unlike Window's File/Settings transfer though, I want to sync all local …

Thanks for the reply, I did some testing to see this all in action. I used Process Explorer to look at the environment var you set in RealTimeSync and yes, it's there. I made a sin…

Very great. Thank you for wonderful software :)

If I had OSX to run it in a VM, I could see to assemble a Mac version *wink*

I'll post to this thread what I posted on [URL]. I too prefer to have versions of the same file in the same folder instead of spread across different time-stamped folders. I create…

You may sync an arbitrary number of folders via automatic mode, "n-way" syncs are fully supported. Just make sure this is the model you want: any change in any of the folder will b…

The log file is opened before starting sync in order to get an early error in case of problems with the log being the only communication channel. But the log content is assembled a…

Excellent, that is just what I am looking for - we may try running with the CopyLockedFiles turned off only because we have people that are running Access databases or VM images fr…

This sounds pretty much like the "update" sync variant.

> Warning: Recycle Bin is not available for the following paths! Files will be deleted permanently instead: This warning comes up when at least one file is scheduled for update or …

It's not exposed on GUI but you can enable "VerifyCopiedFiles" in GlobalSettings.xml

see [URL]

Seems to be caused by multithreading bugs in GTK: [URL]

Probably not. Error codes are now positive while they were negative in earlier versions. Since batch "errorlevel" models less-equal, there bat file may need to be adapted. The new …

Damn it, I confused "label" and "file name" field :) Fixed.

Okay, thank you very much, I will try a bit, many thanks for your idea.

Additional complication: Folder drop-down on one side can be used to select aliases/insert macros.

The feature request discussing changes to the grid design can be found here: [404, Invalid URL: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1093083&aid=3514183&group_id=23443…

> different filesystems may have small different size reportings I have heard this statement a couple of times now, but I don't think it is true. There is no filesystem that I know…

Currently there is no way to limit the total size of old file versions. "recylce bin" can often be used to get this effect, although it's not evident, what files it deletes first i…

...you're right! I did not even know about this feature! Actually it's not just when copying: I have tried to create a new text document from the "New..." contextual menu starting …

Thank you, this gives exacly the information I needed. Now I can see if the sync process finishes in time, and how much was changed. The speed looks like a problem with the two pha…

Apologies for the tardiness in replying - things have been manic lately! In answer to number 4 - my script parses the log file for errors and emails me (via BLAT) with a hyperlink …

I can't move a topic, but you may open a repost (or just keep it here, I don't mind).

As I understand, if we access to archives read-only, we always 'do nothing' to it. If you are talking about archive modification, then you could apply all modifications to duplicat…

ok, manually work fine, but if i set "on logout" don't start the task, instead if i set the task under "gpedit.msc" the task start at the log out, but if the sync are of more gb, a…

Found it. Filter to Exclude *\

I can't find any further info on it

FFS cannot know whether a deletion is intentional or not, so it is always propagated. Still, restoring a file is not a problem if you set deletion handling to "recycle bin" or "ver…

I can reproduce the problem but only on a specific set of directories/files. I've opened a new tracker as suggested (thanks) - let me know if I can provide any additional informati…

@Zenju thanks for clarification i like your program really and i will use it

That works! Thank you for following up.

In setup 3, there's no need for any delays at all. In setup 2, I could start these with a MUCH shorter delay: the only purpose behind it is to ensure that the FFS instances running…

To get smallest files to sync first, see my discussion post [URL]. FFS already does a very smart job in how it orders its processing, to avoid using any more file space than is nec…

The ID 3466418 lead to changes in v5.0 which are the source of this incompatibility.

> 1) Allow me to turn off the "name" column on the right hand side. There's one problem with allowing the user to hide the "name" colum. A file may exist on one side only. In this …

I absolutely agree. I also have many saved ffs_gui and fff_batch files which need I need to open and resave one-by-one so that they are compatible with each new version. Sometimes …