please add webDAV

[andreart]

please add webDAV

or if anybody knows similar programm with WebDAV support please let me know. thx

[Flowers4]

The base version of raidrive is free and can mount webdav as a local drive letter.

This will enable you to use FFS with webdav.

Raidrive is a cloud mounting utility.

[kongsoneo]

When I mount webdav as a local drive,the sync speed is slow and unstable,So I always want the FreeFileSync can add WebDAV

[Flowers4]

Have you tried mounting the webdav server directly from windows file Explorer?

You can do that too.

To connect to a WebDAV server using Windows File Explorer, follow these steps:

1. **Open File Explorer:**
Open the File Explorer in Windows. You can do this by pressing the `Win + E` keys on your keyboard.

2. **Access the "Map Network Drive" Option:**
Click on the "Computer" tab in the File Explorer menu and select "Map network drive" from the top menu.

3. **Choose a Drive Letter:**
In the "Map Network Drive" window that appears, select a drive letter you'd like to assign to the WebDAV connection. Choose any available letter from the dropdown.

4. **Enter the WebDAV Server Address:**
In the "Folder" or "Drive" field, enter the address of the WebDAV server you want to connect to. The format of the address should be like: `https://your-webdav-server.com/your-folder`. Replace "your-webdav-server.com" and "your-folder" with the actual WebDAV server address and specific folder path you want to connect to.

5. **Check "Connect using different credentials" (if necessary):**
If your WebDAV server requires different credentials (username and password), check the box that says "Connect using different credentials".

6. **Enter Username and Password (if prompted):**
If you've checked the "Connect using different credentials" box, enter the username and password required to access the WebDAV server. Otherwise, your Windows credentials will be used.

7. **Click "Finish" and Connect:**
After entering the necessary details, click "Finish". Windows will attempt to connect to the WebDAV server using the provided information.

8. **Access the WebDAV Drive:**
Once connected, you can access the WebDAV server through the assigned drive letter (or the location you specified) in File Explorer, just like any other folder on your system.

By following these steps, you should be able to connect and access a WebDAV server using Windows File Explorer. Remember that the availability of certain options may differ slightly based on your Windows version. If you encounter any issues, ensure you have the correct address and credentials for the WebDAV server.

[Heinz]

Second that, WebDAV-support is really needed.

[azure55]

I'm not sure whether adding WebDAV on FreeFileSync would solve the speed problem. I've read that WebDAV is normally slow whatever application you use due to it being rather outdated (and there's not much push to improve it since cloud providers prefer a vendor lock-in through their own apps rather than improving a standard).

That said, I still use WebDAV due to its simplicity, through an online backup app called Kopia. It works differently from FreeFileSync, where instead of sending the files as is, it breaks down the files to save space (called deduplication), the backups are read-only, and Kopia is required to open them. However, it's really fast (and secure as they're encrypted), so if your goal is only for backups, you can give it a try.

Another app you can try is Cryptomator. It's primary goal is encrypting files in the cloud, but I've read that it supports mounting WebDAV.

[Heinz]

Thanks for the tip with Kopia.
Unfortunately Cryptomator doesn't work with FFS.

[Jeikon]

WebDAV support would be very useful. I am currently unable to use RealTimeSync with a WebDAV folder mounted as a Network Drive in Windows Explorer. The program returns the following error (in portuguese):
"
Não é possível monitorar o diretório
"\\anyfolderpath".

ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION: Função incorreta. [ReadDirectoryChanges]
"
As a workaround, I am using FreeFileSync with Windows scheduled tasks.

[Plerry]

... I am currently unable to use RealTimeSync with a WebDAV folder mounted as a Network Drive in Windows Explorer.

Previous parts of this thread are a request to add the WebDAV protocol to FreeFileSync (FFS).

Your issue with RealTimeSync (RTS) is completely unrelated.
I don't know if the WebDAV protocol itself, the method you use for mounting the WebDAV folder, or the resource on which the WebDAV folder is located does not support directory monitoring (Não é possível monitorar o diretório), but obviously there is nothing that can be done in RTS to change that.
RTS can not fix what is "broken" elsewhere.

[John1234]

Hi,

First of all I have a fair amount of networking experience and some utility programs that can mount webdav servers. I will try using a couple of different ones and see if there is any performance difference or benefit one way or the other.

If you could use SFTP on the server or switch to a server that does support SFTP you will be in better shape.

I will let you know if I get decent results from one of the apps that I have to mount webdav.

[xocean]

I also hope that FFS can add WebDAV synchronization functionality.
I sync my work files across different computers every day, and some of them are not personally used by me, so I don't have admin rights and cannot mount WebDAV as a local drive. The WebDAV performance issues mentioned in previous posts do exist, but when dealing with a small number of small files, it's not a big problem.

[John1234]

@xocean


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" I don't have admin rights and cannot mount WebDAV as a local drive.."
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If you had a utility that's just a simple command line utility that did not require administrator privileges to create a link to your web dev server that might solve your problem yes?
There's a utility that will let you mount over webdav to a folder just like Linux users do. You wouldn't need privileges to create a drive letter just access to your home directory is what you need.

[Heinz]

@xocean
If you had a utility that's just a simple command line utility that did not require administrator privileges to create a link to your web dev server that might solve your problem yes?

No, because FFS doesn't work with WebDAV, Rclone or any of the at least somewhat modern standards to access remote storage or storage from a cloud encryption program like Cryptomator.
It only supports the proprietary and private data stealing GoogleDrive.

[Heinz]

please add webDAV
or if anybody knows similar programm with WebDAV support please let me know. thx

For that there is Kopia.
It supports the current remote storage access standards like WebDAV and Rclone as several of the hosting service owned ones like S3, Google, Azure and B2.

[John1234]

@heinz

FFS and what network connectivity you use have nothing to do with each other.

I use Rclone with webdav servers every day and back them up with free file sync so I don't know why you believe that you cannot do the same that I have been doing for years.

[Mirk0]

Even mounting the WebDAV storage in file explorer doesn't help with stability. It's unusable for me. Constant disconnects, file errors and awful upload speeds. The only viable solution would be native support of WebDAV in FFS. Apart from that, it's a great tool nonetheless. I use my donation edition for other purposes.

[Heinz]

It is a big problem that this standard feature is still missing.
E.g. even Torrent clients have full support of webDAV and even more standards, you don't even have to give it a drive letter.
Why is FFS still missing that standard feature?

[Catson]

I joined forum, because i wanted to ask about WebDAV as well.

Would love to have it.

[John1234]

Here's the skinny.

Im guessing The developer of FFS focuses on making the best file synchronization program he can and also include a couple of the most popular options for the cloud.

There are dedicated apps that are exclusively designed to mount Cloud drives. That is all they do.

One is airlivedrive. It has webdav support and a gui.

The other is rclone. It can mount over 50 different Cloud drives that you can use with free file sync.

The developer of free file sync can't duplicate all of the work that the developers do that only create connectors to the cloud.

[Heinz]

No, the problem is that those don't work because the developer refuses to support the standard feature of allowing access to (e.g. Cryptomator) mounted drives.

[John1234]

Oh,

So you're saying that when you unlock your C vault the drive letter assigned to the Vault doesn't show up in free file sync?

I will have to test this.

I am going to also double check rclone mounting webdav. My pcloud drive supports webdav. I will then try and synchronize using free file sync.

Cryptomator supports different ways to mount. Have you tried mounting as a folder rather than a drive letter that might work better for you. It is very late here right now so I will test later on in the morning.

[John1234]

Ok I tested mounting webdav server with rclone and used ffs to sync and it works perfectly.

I will test cryptomator next. I'm also a user.

[Heinz]

Why are you even writing a post before testing Cryptomator?
Testing it doesn't take long, especially if you're already a user.

[John1234]

One more question for you before I test C.
What virtual drive file system type are you using? That is important because testing will be very different depending upon which one you are using.

There is winfsp (what I normally use)
Webdav (windows explorer)
Webdav (http address) no https!!l

I'm also waiting to find out if you are mounting the vault to a drive letter or a folder and if you have not tested a folder yet please do so.

If you're using anything but winfsp that is probably your problem. Don't access webdav servers from inside C. do it on the outside with rclone. C seems to only support connecting to a local webdav server that it creates.


That is according to my own experience and recent research and trial.

I HAVE TRIED C. But, I don't know how you are using C to access a remote webdav server. C can't do it by itself.

I'm going to create a vault on my pcloud webdav server using rclone. C is NOT using webdav.

I'll be using an rclone mount to https://webdav.pcloud.com
Then I'll create the vault on pcloud.
Unlock the vault to say w: and then try to use ffs to sync files from local disk to pcloud vault.
Correct?

I have not completed everything because I didn't get all the information from you yet and I'm also writing this on my phone while in bed trying to sleep. It is 5:30 in the morning here so I will be doing it a little bit later in the morning after I catch some shut eye.

That's why I haven't completed everything yet.

[Heinz]

I have tried winfsp and Webdav (windows explorer) with Cryptomator.

[John1234]

Ok,

This is what I did and it works. I was able to successfully synchronize data from my local C drive up to my webdav server that was a cryptomator vault.

Rclone mounted pcloud webdav to w:

In Cryptomator I created a new vault located in the subdirectory on W:

When I unlocked and opened the vault it automatically used Drive I:

I told ffs to sync downloads on c: to i:

Ffs saw the unlocked cryptomator vault just fine.

[Heinz]

Ffs saw the unlocked cryptomator vault just fine.

Which option did you choose? WinFsp?

I tried exactly that, mounted a Cryptomator vault and FFS couldn't see it, even though all other programs could without any issue. Even after reinstalling FFS, the problem persisted.

[John1234]

Yes. Winfsp. All defaults.

Don't know what to tell you.