Deleted File Download Problem

Posts: 3 · pirireis91 15 Sep 2020, 15:26

Hi,

I created batch job to download files from ftp server. After download, I delete files from download location. When I start batch job again, it downloads deleted files again. Is there any way to not download deleted files again?

Thanks.

Posts: 1202 · therube 15 Sep 2020, 15:54

So are "ftp server" & "download location" one in the same?

So you download from ftp, then delete from ftp, & you're saying that when you run .ffs_batch again, it downloads (from ftp) the (what were) "deleted" files, again?

What are your Compare & Sync settings?
Have you included "recycle.bin" (or similar) as an Include from your ftp in your Filters?

Posts: 3 · pirireis91 16 Sep 2020, 06:32

So are "ftp server" & "download location" one in the same?

So you download from ftp, then delete from ftp, & you're saying that when you run .ffs_batch again, it downloads (from ftp) the (what were) "deleted" files, again?

What are your Compare & Sync settings?
Have you included "recycle.bin" (or similar) as an Include from your ftp in your Filters? therube, 15 Sep 2020, 15:54

Ftp server and download location are not same. I acces ftp server via ip and port. Download location is my pc.

I delete files from download location(my machine) not from ftp server. After run .ffs_batch again, it downloads files which I download and delete from download location and still exist in ftp server.

In compare settings, I select "File time and size" option. In synchronization settings I tried both options(Two way, Mirror, Update). I didn't change default settings of filter settings.

Thanks.

Posts: 2947 · Plerry 16 Sep 2020, 07:19

If you want files downloaded from your FTP-location and then deleted from your PC-location to be deleted from your FTP-location, you would need to use Two-way sync.
And this only workes for deletions performed after an initial Two-way sync, which creates local database files, required for the detection of such deletions.

Posts: 3 · pirireis91 16 Sep 2020, 08:50

I don't want to delete from Ftp server. All I want is don't download files again which downloaded and deleted files.

Posts: 2947 · Plerry 16 Sep 2020, 11:27

FreeFileSync (FFS) does not keep track of previously copied over files, and consequently can not determine it would not need to copy those files over again. Neither does any other sync software that I am aware of.

However, if you remember the date of your latest FTP-to-PC sync, you can use the time-span function, and set the low-end of the time-span to the previous sync date. Then, only changes to the FTP location more recent than the previous sync are synced to your local PC.

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 17 Sep 2020, 16:31

Everything else here is correct. Your issue is simply that you don't want the two locations synced. You want to only transfer files that haven't been transferred before, but there aren't plug-and-play ways to do that. You could run a batch script that keeps a log of transferred files that can then skip them when downloading subsequent transfers.