Hey everyone trying to use FreeFileSync for a project I have. I have 3 folders (A, B, C) and A needs to be Synced with B & C but not mirrored for redundancy but instead for every A file I want it to either already exist in B or be created in C. I know this is complex and might not even be possible from FreeFileSync but curious if anyone else has run into this.
What I've found is that I can get it to mirror all of A files to B and C at the same time but I want B and C to collectively share some files that they already have that is synced with A. Questions let me know.
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FreeFileSync (FFS) can not do this automatically.
But you can do it manually.
Run a Compare of A with B for a A=>B Mirror sync.
In the Compare result window select all files that FFS intends to copy A=>B.
Then right-click and choose Copy To and then choose the C-location.
But you can do it manually.
Run a Compare of A with B for a A=>B Mirror sync.
In the Compare result window select all files that FFS intends to copy A=>B.
Then right-click and choose Copy To and then choose the C-location.
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Hey Plerry, thanks for the fast reply. I tried your suggestion and I believe it did work the problem with Copy To is I can't be 100% certain I do have at least every file from A to at least B or C just have to assume it was correctly done. It also doesn't allow me to ignore if the file is newer on C when copying the A -> C so I could be overwriting newer files that already existed (and if I don't have it overwritten it could be missed).
Do you have any suggested software that could be used for this function? I'm wondering if I even compiled the list of file paths + date modified in an SQL Table and then Compared them to another SQL Table that has B & C's total records if that would give me a final list I could then run through in a script.
Do you have any suggested software that could be used for this function? I'm wondering if I even compiled the list of file paths + date modified in an SQL Table and then Compared them to another SQL Table that has B & C's total records if that would give me a final list I could then run through in a script.
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I don't know the reason for your approach.
If e.g. the content of A is too big to fit just on B or just on C, you can also divide the content of A between B and C in a more structured way.
Depending on what is on A and how it is on A, you may consider e.g.
• If A is divided (mostly) in subfolders, sync A:/subfolder1 through A:/subfolder49 to B, and A:/subfolder50 through A:/subfolder100 to C.
• If A comprises different file-types, sync all PDF-files on A with B and all MP3 files on A with C
Both can be done automatically in FFS by using multiple left-right folder pairs and/or using suitable In- and Exclude Filters.
This will also allow you to properly handle if what is on B or C is newer than what is on A.
If e.g. the content of A is too big to fit just on B or just on C, you can also divide the content of A between B and C in a more structured way.
Depending on what is on A and how it is on A, you may consider e.g.
• If A is divided (mostly) in subfolders, sync A:/subfolder1 through A:/subfolder49 to B, and A:/subfolder50 through A:/subfolder100 to C.
• If A comprises different file-types, sync all PDF-files on A with B and all MP3 files on A with C
Both can be done automatically in FFS by using multiple left-right folder pairs and/or using suitable In- and Exclude Filters.
This will also allow you to properly handle if what is on B or C is newer than what is on A.
