Operation on RealTimeSync

[charlesli]

I am new to RealTimeSync, and get some questions about this.

I have created RealTimeSync tasks, and tried to test this RTS module as follows :-
1) update one file in the monitored source file folder
2) press "start" button on the RTS
3) the corresponding file is updated automatically in the target file folder

However, when I updated the same file again, the corresponding file will NOT be updated automatically UNTIL I have to press the "start" button on the RTS again ?

So, I want to know the "start" button on the RTS module needs to be pressed just ONCE or EVERY TIME if I want to have the update automatically ?

Thanks!

[Plerry]

Once should suffice. Once started, RealTimeSync (RTS) keeps monitoring the specified folder(s) for changes, and upon detecting any, will launch its specified command-line, normally invoking FreeFileSync (FFS) to run the specified sync (normally a *.ffs_batch sync configuration).
RTS will only stop monitoring for changes when e.g. stopped via the Task Manager or machine reboot.

[charlesli]

Once should suffice. Once started, RealTimeSync (RTS) keeps monitoring the specified folder(s) for changes, and upon detecting any, will launch its specified command-line, normally invoking FreeFileSync (FFS) to run the specified sync (normally a *.ffs_batch sync configuration).
RTS will only stop monitoring for changes when e.g. stopped via the Task Manager or machine reboot.

I understand your point and this is what I suppose the RTS should work like this. However, my RTS has to be STARTED everytime to sync the source and the target file.

I am using MacOS Ventura (Apple M1), and the RTS is 12.4 - ARM64

[Plerry]

Note that RTS does not sync.
RTS monitors the specified folder(s) for changes, and upon detecting changes
will launch FFS to run the FFS sync configuration specified in the RTS command line.
Do you really need to (re)start RTS? (See the RTS GUI in the RTS manual page).

Much more likely you need to "start" the sync (= press the Synchonize button, F9) in the FFS GUI (see the FFS GUI in the FFS Quickstart manual page).
This will happen if you have an RTS command line that launches FFS to run a *.ffs_gui sync configuration, or may possibly happen if you did not checkmark the items in marked in the red rectangles in the FFS manual page on Scheduling Batch jobs, when saving as a *.ffs_batch sync configuration.

[charlesli]

Note that RTS does not sync.
RTS monitors the specified folder(s) for changes, and upon detecting changes
will launch FFS to run the FFS sync configuration specified in the RTS command line.
Do you really need to (re)start RTS? (See the RTS GUI in the RTS manual page).

Much more likely you need to "start" the sync (= press the Synchonize button, F9) in the FFS GUI (see the FFS GUI in the FFS Quickstart manual page).
This will happen if you have an RTS command line that launches FFS to run a *.ffs_gui sync configuration, or may possibly happen if you did not checkmark the items in marked in the red rectangles in the FFS manual page on Scheduling Batch jobs, when saving as a *.ffs_batch sync configuration.

Thanks for your help, RTS works fine today after I reboot my macbook.