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You can't do this. Unless, you are only saving folder(s) locally, then you could use filters to exclude/include what you don't/do want. If you are syncing files from various locati…

I would also appreciate an extraction of the data from the "GlobalSettings.xml". My problem in this context is the following: I have a folder "D:\Tools" on machine1, where FreeFile…

You've created a ffs_batch file, but apparently saved it with a ffs_real extension. This is weird. FFS doesn't care much about extension, but perhaps it should, because this doesn'…

Apparently, you run the *.ffs_batch file from the FFS GUI. You should run it from a command prompt (see [URL]), or as a scheduled task (see [URL])

OK thanks. This is the conclusion I was slowly coming to by myself.

[Quote] In which case, they will never compare by Content. [Quote] I'd think that due to different EOL characters. Block size should be irrelevant to a file's size. (Block size mat…

When the database is corrupted, FreeFileSync will automatically create a new one and overwrite. Just make sure the sync directions are set correctly the before the first sync after…

Hi, any pointers to this error? This is the message I am getting Cannot write permissions of "/media/rbrown/Backup Disk 2TB/BigDiskZFS Backup/Image Masters - BigDiskZFS - 2020 on/2…

Sounds like "files-on-demand" where the file isn't actually download from DropBox to the local storage yet.

RealTimeSync on windows can not monitor changes in Mac dir mounted by SMB. So can not start sync task automatically. However, if install RealTimeSync on Mac, it rescan all files ea…

Perfect! Thanks VERY much!

Thank you xCSxXenon! The Eset Endpoint Antivirus for Linux caused the problem.

Hello I am a new user to FreeFileSync and this may be a dumb question. Is there a method to overwrite an entire folder that has been modified instead of the individual files within…

Thank you. Appreciate the help.

No issues thus far. It has helped some people with syncing music when the metadata may get changed/updated.

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I didn't know that GlobalSettings.xml existed. Thanks Zenju! For others who'd like to know, the GlobalSettings.xml file, by default (Windows), is at: [Code] A quick way to the fold…

Thanks!

I think maybe I found the reason for the "Error 0x80004005: Unspecified error [IPortableDeviceProperties::SetValues] error when updating files on the phone. The phone keeps deleted…

Thank you. Just got it to work. Much appreciated.

I will assume your explorer listings are showing the status *after* running the second FFS Sync. If not, then first run an FFS Compare *and* Sync. If yes, run an FFS Compare and tr…

Thanks for pointing out the filter function. I found that adding a single “*PREVIEWS* statement as a filter conveniently excluded each Lightroom previews db associated with each ca…

Alcohol 52% FE 2.1.1.1019 was last updated on 21/10/2021 (not so long ago). Since you pointed to issue "(trying to get the icon for an "mdf" file): viewtopic.php?t=7382", I digged …

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Same for me, I get this error 38 time - when copying almost 2000 files!! [Attachment]

Thank you very much!

Or just edit the ffs_real file (e.g. using TextEdit or Notebook) and change the delay to whatever you want. Then save. I use OSX, so have created an automator app that opens RealTi…

Hmm . . . forgot to mention, new code for server writing the files we wish to mirror. Could be it is now writing and deleting a file every minute.

No physical quotes in mine either therube, they were just there to show the extent of the XML entry. Is that G:\DEV\BACKUP\FFS_LOGS address the same as your default folder specifie…

[Quote] Hi. Sorry completely forgot to update and thank. This worked and going on very smooth. Thanks a lot. 🙏

After I update to 11.22. I always got warnings: Cannot read database file: "...\sync.ffs_db" FIle content is corrupted (invalid header). I have to ignore it. But I found some files…

For some additional context, gtk2 is the GIMP Toolkit which has moved beyond just being the graphical toolkit for the GNU Image Manipulation Program. Gtk4 is actually the current v…

Hopefully I solved, in the end. I had the 503 error, when I tried to mirror from a folder within FTP and my hard drive, Free File sync broke down, and changed something that I coul…

As xCSxXenon wrote, it is normally not useful to sync these system files. If you nevertheless still want to sync these locked files, you may consider using [URL]. (Note the second …

[Quote] It's understandable that not everyone comes across situations where you would care about those files. This has nothing to do with hiding files from other people. It's about…

Some enterprising individual has [URL] on how to compile FreeFileSync on a Raspberry Pi. Those would work, in general, for any architecture.

Some folders won't sync to SD card in phone, only gives like this: "06:34:10 Feil Kan ikke flytte filen "mtp:\Lars-Erik's A33\MOBIL SD\Dokumenter\E-post\LarsErik\000000BA~25fd.ffs_…

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I posted ffs_real twice by mistake. Attached is ffs_batch.

[Quote] The process looks like this: I sync my files with FFS from a NTFS hard disk under Windows to the Synology NAS (to a NTFS disk connected via USB). According to FFS everythin…

In your case, I would go about it differently. Note: this method is not limited to Windows Server, and works fine from Windows XP and up as long as you do not have a home version o…

You can also right click on the right pane of FFS and "open in explorer" to verify FFS is actually pointing to the correct location. As therube said, you probably have FFS pointed …

Given the Error and Warning in your pictures, the Admin-user credentials you are now running FFS under, does not seem to have write-access to one or more of the mentioned folders.

hi ! I'm Korean, so I use a translator to write. sorry... I was using the freesync file well for backup. But two weeks ago, the problem started. Click the Sync button to complete t…

We tested ffs today in Rosetta-Mode which helps some applications to work with m1, but so far no luck. I also corrected my description of the error above because I asked my college…

I ran into the same issue with Ubuntu 20.04. However, I managed to schedule a backup using the Flatpak version with crontab. 1. I found the execution command in the Desktop icon. […

Sound advice. Note that I had to use MCPR and restart three times in a row to obtain a successful removal.

[Quote] Completely irrelevant, please don't spam every thread mentioning a keyword with useless info.

Hi Zenju -- So wanted to follow up here, bad news -- exactly what I was afraid of finally happened. My mounted source drive appeared empty due to the mysterious SMB networking bug,…

Check your backup disk for errors. Are the file pair dates & sizes the same? If you (binary) compare pairs of files, does anything stand out? Able to post (upload) 2 small pairs, o…