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I have used cron for years to schedule a bash script with command line invocation of Freefilesync. Suddenly (maybe started with 10.24 (donation edition), Freefilesync just hangs. I…

Hello, I am a grandpa :) in dataprocessing :) In the early times when DOS reigned the world there were 2 ways to coy files: - the well-known copy command - xcopy command which was …

I'm using Manjaro and I want to keep a folder mirror of the other one. I did get everything to work except the part on how to execute the mirroring file automatically every few hou…

No worries! Just trying to see if I am missing something somewhere like comma separated or the like.

You would be correct. Transferring Time Machine backups is finicky. Even 'Carbon Copy Cloner' a really good data migration tool for Mac, can't correctly move the backups and just s…

Yes. Run a compare and in the bottom left you can see the size and number of files in the tree structure. You can easily find the cache folders there and the right-click -> exclude

I can sync to external servers with no issues. Make sure your port forwarding is allowing the correct traffic. Otherwise, that's exactly what a backup is: another copy of your data…

Ah, I'm on Mac. If its later this week I can wait,

I tried the new registry entry today on the laptop with Windows 7. It works fine as well with Windows 7. Now when FFS is started from the windows task scheduler with elevated right…

I have a problem with a similar item. When RTS monitores my download folder it should start syncing when there was no download/copying/moving, etc. for more than 10 seconds (or ind…

Attempting to run an "Update" Sync on MacOS 10.14.6 to copy a TimeMachine backup database from one external drive to another. I am logged in with Admin privileges but still get err…

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Thks for the fast answer Ulf

Hello, When running a File Sync as a batch Job is their any variable that is set that provides the log file name ? I know i can look in the log directory and determine that by date…

FFS copies the (sub)folderstructure present in(side) the left base location to the right base location or vice versa, including all of its contents (as far as not excluded via the …

Yes, server's response is "UTF8 ON" [Image] So, it is Mega's fail.

The message before extend was "Your $5 donation includes updates for 3 devices until August 28th, 2019."

Well you know I am not entirely sure that that is the problem now. I will come back if and when I figure out what is interfering with the connection. I did try the IPv4 address dir…

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OK nevermind. It's a ubuntu bug. The timestamp changed after unmount and remount even when copied using file manager.

The binary file to run is in the FreeFileSync directory, and it is named FreeFileSync. (It will actually run the Bin/FreeFileSync_x86_64 or Bin/FreeFileSync_i686 depending on your …

Hey sorry. I guess I didn’t realize the email function stopped working once the donation time period had ended.

Many thanks for the quick response, it may not look like it but I did do a search for the topic. cheers b

thanks

Hello all, SOLVED Ubuntu Linux PC syncing with 2 independent NAS units through experimentation along with analysis through troubleshooting, trial & error, discovering open source s…

I have configured it the way you suggest, but it is not finding files on the right-hand side that I know are there, but should not be because they are left-over from the previous F…

It probably does exist on the source, but it is hidden by default. Add an exclusion for "*\RecycleBin*"

The installer is still available from the archives on the homepage, but I don't know about a license; I'm wondering the same myself.

I don't know if the FreeFileSync (FFS) GUI of the Mac version differs from the Windows version, but the only "feature" present in FFS aimed towards RealTimeSync (RTS) (or Task Sche…

it works now thanks

Thank you Perry, much appreciate your response. Cheers!

Yes but neither the local user - which can run the task fine via command line works - nor can I use a NAS user in that field - since it only accepts local accounts. I did find a wo…

Most FTP flavours do not support setting or retaining file dates. That is why on the target side the date is normally the moment of copying over.

Fair enough. I will continue with the other program. Thank you for your responses.

Thank you! I'll try and reproduce the error as I know it has happened a few times previously. What I am sure about is that I was updating from an external drive to a Google drive a…

[Quote] ls -a only lists the file names without querying for detail information (lstat). ls -l on the other hand tries to access the file metadata and fails. So the behavior is the…

Errors are fixed in newer FFS: [URL]

Hi, I can read only English but thankfully the compiler message is pretty clear. The <numbers> header must not be available for your distro yet. Manjaro is based on Arch Linux righ…

No. You can create two syncs and set filters to only sync a certain set of folders, thus size, to the two drives.

Are you sure that is the issue? I also sync to/from the local OneDrive folder, with spaces, and have no issues

Program is fine. The dirty bit is set on that drive. Did you run "chkdsk /f D:" in an elevated CMD?

Hi, i have windows server 2016 and i create a task with a batch and it works correctly, but I need to stop the program from running at a certain time. For this purpose I created an…

[Quote] I’ve started to encounter this issue again? Is it something I am configuring incorrectly? I did notice my donation time period had expired. Do I need to keep the time perio…

Try using your Include Filter of "*.*", while adding "*.*\" to your Exclude Filter.

huh okay, so i have to trigger cmd to open it now i guess? anyway thank you that worked!

Hi Plerry, that TOTALLY WORKED. Thanks! For the record, I included the entire HOME directory for sync-ing, with the following filter: Include: * Exclude: *\ I hope that's the corre…

Hi. Thank you for your reply. What editor/IDE is the best to use to develop this app under Linux? I mean under Ubuntu. Maybe Zenju could share with as what is he using. Thank you.

I just started experimenting with FreeFileSync, and have been really impressed with the feature set and overall "polish" of the application. I'm using version 10.24. My main use ca…

Been syncing and backing up Windows machines for decades with ancient MS SyncToy via SSDs, but with a 2018 MacBook Pro in the house I had to resort to syncing via the WLAN, which i…

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