Question about the sync.ffs_db file

Posts: 3 · tfonias 25 Nov 2025, 12:54

Hello.

I have a situation where one part of the sync pair does not allow the creation of sync.ffs_db on the root level.

Is there a way to work around it?

Thank you in advance.

Posts: 4908 · xCSxXenon 25 Nov 2025, 19:14

Disable using a database for syncing.
Or, mess around with symlinks. Search the forum for symbolic links or similar.

Posts: 2978 · Plerry 26 Nov 2025, 10:15

No need to mess around.
See viewtopic.php?t=12413#p48345

Posts: 3 · tfonias 26 Nov 2025, 14:31

Thank you for the replies!

Question (might be stupid). Is it possible to create a symlink to an ftp site?

Posts: 2978 · Plerry 26 Nov 2025, 16:06

> Is it possible to create a symlink to an ftp site?
Never tried that.
But, it seems to depend on the FTP client being used.
In this case that client seems to be FreeFileSync.
The best is to simply try.
If that does not work, use a tool able to mount an FTP directory as a local folder or drive.
For Linux try CurlFtpFS for FTP or SSHFS for SFTP (see e.g. here)
or for Windows try CloudMounter or FTPUSE

Posts: 3 · tfonias 27 Nov 2025, 13:55

For Linux try CurlFtpFS for FTP or SSHFS for SFTP (see e.g. here)
or for Windows try CloudMounter or FTPUSE Plerry, 26 Nov 2025, 16:06

Thanks for the suggestions.

FTPUSE is no go in my case.
sshfs (for windows) did the trick of mounting the SFTP site on a drive letter. Then a symlink pointing to the new "drive" managed to work (as mentioned in the other post).

Regards.