I keep getting this error and others like it:
Cannot move file
"N:\My Documents\backups4cobian.lst" to
"N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents\backups4cobian.lst 2018-07-03 170002.lst".
Error Code 3: The system cannot find the path specified. [MoveFileEx]
I'm confused here because I get this when I run :
"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "Versioned_Documents_Sync _to_N.ffs_batch"
either from the command line or through the interface. In both the from side is listed as c:\xx
and the .ffs_batch file contains
<FolderPairs>
<Pair>
<Left>C:\Users\chris.johnson\Documents</Left>
<Right>N:\My Documents</Right>
</Pair>
</FolderPairs>
and
<Comparison>
<Variant>TimeAndSize</Variant>
<Symlinks>Exclude</Symlinks>
<IgnoreTimeShift/>
</Comparison>
<SyncConfig>
<Variant>Update</Variant>
<DetectMovedFiles>false</DetectMovedFiles>
<DeletionPolicy>Versioning</DeletionPolicy>
<VersioningFolder Style="TimeStamp">N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents</VersioningFolder>
</SyncConfig>
I updated to the latest version 10.1 but this still continues to happen. Include symbolic links is not ticked. I have checked that the files are not in use and that I have full permission to them. When "starting the comparison" it starts scanning on C, then skips to N. If I do a dir on the N drive or use cygwin it shows a folder called "My Documents". I windows explorer it shows as "Documents" but I dont think that's the issue.
Any help appreciated
Error on file sync
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Maybe you get a different error message with 10.1? I'm assuming the "N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents" folder and the "N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents\backups4cobian.lst 2018-07-03 170002.lst" file are existing?I updated to the latest version 10.1 but this still continues to happen. cjohnsonuk, 04 Jul 2018, 11:07
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Looking at the log files the error messages are the same before and after
"N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents" folder exists. All the other files copy into this folder and are date stamped.
"N:\My Documents\backups4cobian.lst" exists.
"N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents\backups4cobian.lst 2018-07-03 170002.lst" doesn't exist. Which is expected as the error says it can't copy the file to this location.
I can manually copy the file across. (its 11KB) There is plenty of free space, other files continue to be versioned and copied into this folder without errors.
"N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents" folder exists. All the other files copy into this folder and are date stamped.
"N:\My Documents\backups4cobian.lst" exists.
"N:\FFS_Versioned_Documents\backups4cobian.lst 2018-07-03 170002.lst" doesn't exist. Which is expected as the error says it can't copy the file to this location.
I can manually copy the file across. (its 11KB) There is plenty of free space, other files continue to be versioned and copied into this folder without errors.
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Are you able to reproduce the above error? This looks to me like a temporary problem when the "FFS_Versioned_Documents" was first created.