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Versioning is not/should not be sync variant dependent. All files that are overwritten or deleted by the sync get Versioned. If your left and right base location definition include…

Hi, please tell me what the colored bars in the overview window represent. [Image] Also, is there a way to quickly see how much disk space would be used before and after a one-way …

That should work quite fine. FreeFileSync (FFS) will simply Compare your left and right-side location(s) and determine the sync actions to achieve the sync result corresponding to …

If you run the FreeFileSync (FFS) job from the FFS GUI, you can minimize the GUI. If you run the FFS job as a *.ffs_batch job, launched e.g. by the Task Scheduler or by RealTimeSyn…

Hello, I'm using FFS to sync my configurations and profile between my two Linux computers, just one thing I have "problem" is with syncing /etc/netplan (where VPNs files and other …

Thank you for you answer, yes its working like a charm.

There are many ways to skin your cat. But I am glad to see you found at least one way that works for you.

Hmm, is there any way to check that it's crashing? Like a dump or something? I don't have any command set

[Quote] Actually, no. (Sorry about that, posted to wrong topic.)

Well, RoonRock has no user thing, just a login to verify it's a paid account. But I do have an issue with permissions through windows explorer. No matter what I do, the server fold…

To test, you can browse to the location in your file explorer, and then drag-n-drop the folder into FFS to auto-fill. This will confirm the syntax

[Quote] This make sense, actually. Since you are syncing to "G:\backup\Videos", 'videos' is not part of the item's relative location, and the item itself, along with it relative pa…

[Quote] No, because as you said, it already exists in the settings

A two-way would also work, then each location also obtains the most recent file

I cannot find the install file! Can you provide the Linux (Ubuntu) terminal line to remove it completely? Thanks

I'm not sure but I removed and re-installed the program and then restarted my computer and tried again and it worked syncing from one NTFS formatted external drive to another NTFS …

Hello, Recently installed FFS on my system and ran into a visibility issue when using the Breeze Dark theme on KDE Plasma that looks like a few of the elements aren't correctly swi…

RTS monitors whatever is listed to be monitored. You can have RTS monitor locations that may or may not be present in the FFS sync configuration I have it set to monitor my mail fo…

Hi. I would also like to see this feature. When doing a comparison of file contents over WiFi it slows everything else down. Unfortunately sometimes I need to stop the compare in o…

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Not sure if I'm following totally, & I'm not running a .ffs_batch, but rather a (Windows) .bat file that calls FFS, & that looks to work. go.bat: [Code] [Attachment]

[Quote] I barely found it

I'm continuing to see this problem. Since my original post I have built a new PC. Everything is new, including the external dock and my main backup drive. I'm on Windows 11 now ins…

Are you trying to install into the root of C:\ itself? If so, try to install into some subdirectory of C:\, like C:\FREEFILESYNC\.

Ad 1) You can change the default location of the FFS log-file for the user credentials you run FreeFileSync (FFS) under in the FFS GUI via Tools / Options to any arbitrary availabl…

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It's in the synchronization settings before you start the sync.

I have put together some external scripting that rewrites Right side values so that I can dynamically change the destination folder based on the project I'm working on. The folder …

It seems you are using the Update sync variant. Try using the Mirror sync variant instead.

Even more, not just the file names must match, but those identically named files need to be in the same (sub)folder relative to the left and right base location. What you (meet law…

It is possible in FFS, but not fully automatically. You can run a Compare, and then select all files you want to have copied over, right-click and use "Copy to" (Ctrl-T). See [URL]…

Hi I am using this software for back up and would use only "Mirror" option to sync "Two way" sync is very risky option, as it may delete all original data, if used by mistake I wan…

Hi All! Just to be clear: I tried to sort things out with chatGPT and failed before bothering you guys :) l have two PCs (at work and at home-both win10) with completely identical …

In Everything 1.5 alpha, something along these lines may do it... dupe-from:C:\DOWNLOADS\ dupe:name dupe-from:C:\DOWNLOADS\ dupe:name;date dupe-from:C:\DOWNLOADS\ dupe:name;date;si…

[URL] I use Windows, so I can't confirm if these work on Linux.

You are really frustrating me. Stop guessing and trying to assume what people meant rather than just assuming that they meant exactly what they said. I'm not trying to do anything …

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What are our filters set to?

How about posting some of said file/path names where you're running into issues. Perhaps, if name-part is 255 chars, ?, if an interim temp filename is ending up >255... or somethin…

(No "install", if I'm understanding. Unzip & run.) If you unzip the ZIP into a new directory, & run FreeFileSync.exe does it still give that message (on that particular machine)? I…

Never mind, I figured it out. It was a permissions problem, but my fault for incorrectly configuring the permissions.

What is the full error message?

No, the intended solution is to press the "Enter key" on your single file instead: [URL]

As title says FFS is crashing on KDE Wayland when you try to minimize the running sync task to tray Tuxedo OS FFS version 14.3 donators version Plasma 6.3.2 KDE-Framework 6.11.0 Ke…

I have made a site sync script, run it with scheduled tasks. From this month, i get a error. The Image : [URL] [Image] Please anyone can help me?

Thanks , that did the trick. I was not aware of that before you advised me of that simple solution.

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That command as show includes a space in the path for your ffs_batch file. The space is the first character in the path, and would make the path invalid. Once you get past past tha…

Ahh. Thanks so much. A later sync in the same backup was writing to the parent and overwriting (ie, deleting) the previous subfolder. Obvious now I understand it - thanks again! Ch…

Particularly the "or *.ffs_batch file" part in your last quote is probably causing the confusion. You probably meanwhile got it, but for completeness: RTS is a completely separate …