FreeFileSync Forum

[Attachment] Here's a picture of the section in the GlobalSettings.xml that tracks/reports the 'last sync' status. That long number is what you'd have to modify for each config/lin…

I took the time to recreate my filters and it works now. No idea what was different; I foolishly forgot to save the 'before' XML file to compare to the new. Thanks to all for respo…

Ok thank you Unfortunately the excellent guide that you kindly sent me is in English, I am not very experienced in computers and I get lost easily. I see to make do in manual mode,…

Certainly not the same action for every conflict. You would have to find possible cases and allow the configuration per case. I hope there are not too many cases.

Hi all, I love FFS and finally I ran in the same situation. It would be great to have the choice of an action also for the "=" files. In my special case we are exporting files to a…

Thanks a lot, this helps and I also understood where I went wrong. I created the batch file and put it in the external disk and targeted this batch file and not the batch file crea…

That isn't possible with FFS You'd have to mirror a full copy to an external device from offline-PC, then mirror the external device to the online-PC

This is not my usecase. The drives change often. I can't really change the database structure, the filter list would be longer than the actual list. I have some jobs that have 100+…

That feature is already there: [URL] Change <VerifyCopiedFiles Enabled="false"/> into <VerifyCopiedFiles Enabled="true"/> But make sure to read the note (and link) for VerifyCopied…

I found some notes on compiling FFS for the version of Linux that runs on older Raspberry Pis and have tried to keep them up-to-date: [URL] Can't speak to steps to compile on Windo…

Libssh2 1.11 has been released in May 2023. It adds : - support for sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 and sk-ssh-ed25519 keys - FIDO support with *_sk() functions Do you have any idea when yo…

When syncing I occasionally get a message "Same Date but Different Size". I usually select the files and force an overwrite of the backed-up version. Can't we have a feature that a…

( [Quote] That's my point. If one cannot relatively easily comprehend an expected outcome, mistakes are apt to happen. I'm going to have to re-read these threads, multiple times ;-…

You can type a custom command already. You can write a script that does anything you want and then call it after FFS runs

[Quote] Yes, this error can come up on the first run, and only there: There's no database file yet, so FFS falls back on "differences"-based sync directions for "update". In this c…

I feel ya. It's not my software, just stating its licensing terms

I agree!

[Quote] You're welcome! Glad everything is working now. Don't worry about the system account having permissions because it needs to be able to write to everything that you needed t…

Yes, we've seen this before. If a compare is ran, then data is manipulated, and then a sync is ran, that data manipulation won't be accounted for. Running a comparison queues up a …

What's wrong with building the function into the donate edition and then not releasing it for commercial use? Just because the dev sees it that way, it does not have to be so... as…

I just wanted to add my voice in support of some way to filter out Google formatted files. Filters for *.gdoc or *gsheet and such don't seem to have any effect. On Linux at least, …

Sounds good. Thanks for all of your help!

[Quote] I DID have that much space, enough to save the DB file for 2 FFS runs (source = different folders). I didn't run out of the space until the 3rd run. Thanks for all of your …

I understand what you mean. I don't know either c or python, so I've no clue how hard to add the feature but since the database can compare files 2 by 2, I guess the software may c…

[Quote] Do you know that to be the case? As in if the USB drive hits 85C, it says, "whoa there, time for a timeout!". Is it possible that the drive has cached data, that it needs t…

Use the NAS for Time Machine?

Thanks for your patience with me. I installed the Donation edition successfully.

Auto-Delete "sync.ffs_db" after disabled in the settings from the folderpair?

The sorting method you apply to the Compare results does not affect the syncing sequence.

Thanks for your reply, and I apologize for my long delay in responding. What do you think of having FreeFileSync write `LastRun.ffs_gui` to the same folder as `GlobalSettings.xml`?

I often want to restore from backup only the files with a specific TAG. Would be nice if it would be implemented! I use MAC OS. Thank you.

[Quote] This is possible with FreeFileSync 13: The new "Update" variant using a database is equivalent to Synctoy's "Contribute": [URL]

Thanks so much!

FreeFileSync already has this function, but it's a warning, not an error: "WarnSignificantDifference"

It wasn't possible before, but now that FreeFileSync 13 has just released, there is finally a version that can be licensed and used by businesses (including an invoice): [URL]

Oh, so you're not stating that you installed FFS onto 2012, you're asking if it will? Since 2012 is based off of Win8... you might expect current FFS to run on it.

New feature request submitted and cross-linked: [URL]

Would respectfully request the ability to enable/disable an individual folder pair, for convenience when re-organizing storage, trying new settings, etc., without needing to save/m…

Likewise, it would be nice to have an enable/disable button for each fold pair... right next to this new "go" button! Will drop my own feature request for this, but *so* closely re…

[Quote] Well done @LeoW. Now my fight is with automation using password. I found some way to do this, but with a password in the settings not yet. rclone is wonderful too.

Great info! Another option for direct cloud to cloud sync is a utility called Rclone. You can run it on your NAS, and won't need a VM. No Windows task scheduler though. Your soluti…

"Try removing the Google Drive folder from being monitored in your RTS configuration" Here is a possible solution for you. In order to figure out if it will work for you you will n…

FreeFileSync always does a full Compare of all Included and not Excluded folders of its left and right base-directory (and their sub-directories). It must do so, because you can fi…

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(If FFS "translated" a character, physically, on the target end, there is still the issue that the source name is not changed, so the next Compare will still find the same file. If…

And in your Comparison are you comparing Project 1\images -> Project 1\images Project 2\documents -> Project 2\documents ... Or are you comparing from some other topmost directory?…

The sync.ffs_db-file (just like the sync.ffs_lock-file, if used) must be in the root of the left and right base-location, because syncs may be run on/by multiple computers to/from …

Thank You for your great work you have done. For copy to cloud storage, file encryption (as an option) make sense for one side. CryptSync, for example, use 7z libraries to do so. O…

You could, yes, but I access my sessions directly from the application, I don't launch via external scripts. It's a feature request because I would like to have this done in the ap…

[Quote] Is there a channel for [FEATURE REQUEST]? This function is what is limiting my use.