FreeFileSync Forum

Hi, many thanks for your post! Indeed, I have tried another tool, Cloud Safe Webdav drive and it works but the speed isn't spectacular either. Funny because if I use a webdav clien…

It worked because at that moment there were still original copies of the files on the desktop, ie. my MOVE was actually a COPY. I have worked around the problem by doing a disk cle…

Yes, actually it was a bit or fully stupid to delete these rar files in question, but...

It worked .. thanks for the help.

Thanks for the help. I'm going to take awhile to work on this (weeks) and then I'll get back to you. I have several deadlines looming and your program is working well enough to let…

I had the same problem today, so I looked at the permission on the shortcut the FFS installs on the desktop. I first tried to set my user name's permissions on the security tab, bu…

The checkboxes are for temporary exclusion only and you need to specify your filter relative to base directories. See the help file for examples. Or simpler: use the context menu f…

> plan is to run it again on "A" and the new "B" Each directory you include into your network of syncs will also become a master repository, e.g. if you Sync A <-> B and B <-> C, t…

In the helpfile for the next version I won't be recommending the "service" solution fo RTS anymore. It creates way too many problems, and there seems to be another, simpler solutio…

The problem is explained with the limitations that apply to FAT32. FAT supports date ranges from 1980 to 2107, while NTFS already starts at year 1601. The usual behavior of FAT dri…

Installing RealtimeSync as a service is probably not the best (and certainly not the simplest way) to get real-time synchronization. If all you want is start an application at cert…

> Gladinet FFS freezes with a message: "waiting while folder is locked This is probably a bug in Gladinet. It seems it somehow buffers some data locally, but does not correctly del…

Yes, and I have sent an answer to the gmail address. Maybe it's in SPAM folder?

Wow, thanks! I'll check it out! BTW, I appreciate FFS more each time I use it - EXCELLENT product and GREAT support! Thanks for your work on it!

Thanks for pointing out the LastSyncs.log! (There was a minor typo: the location is "%appdata%\FreeFileSync\LastSyncs.log" - just FYI for anyone else reading this thread and lookin…

Thanks for the pointer, I had the directory level permissions set ok but not at the share level. Solve and working fully now. Thanks

FreeFileSync places a directory lock file (sync.ffs_lock) into both source and target directories during comparison and synchronization. This makes sure only a single FreeFileSync …

You're welcome! You deserve it, and much more ;-)

You can use an exclude filter like "*.jpg". See the helpfile "Exclude items" for more details.

See the help file

Thanks for your files! I expected a database corruption, but in fact found a bug in FFS due to zlib being a little peculiar about empty streams. The conditions to trigger it are ve…

> probably there is an access right issue. Before FFS deletes the old database file it creates a new temporary one with a .ffs_tmp extension, which seemed to work in your case. May…

> You know you need to keep at least one copy external, in case the house is on fire ...? How very true. It has crossed my mind indeed. > So it's probably the network drive at faul…

> I guess that is not possible in a single configuration? In this case you can keep your two folder pairs, but you should exclude "AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail" from t…

Aha! Exclude filters I have worked with but not Include filters. You must be one of the authors of this wonderful software since you have all the answers. I changed my include filt…

Fixed! I've updated the dir picker to use the newer Windows Vista dialogs. Not only do the new dialogs remember their position, they are also much more user friendly. Here is the n…

With my Windows Client Service turned off I always connect now using CIFS/SMB and every thing works fast and I have no problem with the ffs_tmp files. I am convinced now that webda…

SOLVED! I would first like to say that I'm sorry that I didn't get back earlier as I had internet and then! modem issues arise and since I'm the "tech guy" in the house I had to re…

Ah sorry for misunderstanding so extremely, yes, I understand, I will have a look, thank you.

Thanks. Yes, that I had found. Okay, I understand, no display of marked files. Thanks again.

Thank you. I understand, means no copying and keeping files.

Hello, sgcareerman. RealTimeSync is starting automatically with Windows and sync my files perfectly. I didn't create the service for it, I just create a link calling the RealTimeSy…

What warning do you get exactly? And what is your custom sync configuration?

Yes, it was for some configuration using the "update method". Thank you for your reply.

<<<After synchronization everything should be in sync except for the folders you manually excluded. And except the folders / files only existing on the target side. <<<You can then…

FFS only starts scanning if all directories that are passed are existing. Adding a second arbitrary string should do.

> I did see the log but can't really make sense of it though Can you please send me the logfile? If the (1) is in the log, this could be a problem with FFS. Analyzing the log shoul…

There is no problem having one source and multiple targets. But you might want to make sure there is no race-condition on a specific folder, e.g. a folder participating in multiple…

> "Force copy of locked files." I'm not sure: if it is checked, it will copy locked files via VSS. If it is not checked, it will not employ VSS, which naturally results in failure …

The problem appears with version 4.5, but also with last versione (5.5) and it's random: sometimes appears, sometimes not, but always Synchronization fails.

Thank-you.

> plans to implement rsync Currently not, but technically it is possible to implement it after introducing a file system abstraction layer, which FFS already "almost" has. It could…

Yes, Win 7. Okay, I understand (so far as possible for me, I regrettably have no idea of coding etc.), now all seems to work very well, very fast deletion, fast recycling, includin…

Thanks for the quick response. I'll contact BoxCryptor and see if they can rectify the issue. Thanks again.

> does ffs ordinarily delete these directories at the end of a sync session? Yes, but it doesn't delete them, but moves them to the recycler. It also reports failure to do so via a…

> Raymonds blog After consuming this huge blog about Win32 programming a few months ago, I seem to have adapted the tone of the forums there ;) Note to myself: Not everyone has rea…

You can start multiple instances of RTS using a different command line each.

Thank you for your quick reply. I thought I saw a few small files that didn't get written properly the first time with 5.4, but I could have been mistaken. I'll report back if I se…

> capitalization was different ie test.txt, test.TXT There are two use-cases: 1. folder comparison: you are not interested in differences in case, after all, the file system isn't …

Set sync-settings "on completion" to "close progress dialog".