I have created the following configuration to backup files from my D drive to a second location on my machine and to a USB drive:
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I have saved the configuration, and also saved a batch file so I can import it to RealTimeSync:
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The FFS settings in the configuration file and the batch file are identical. If I make any changes to the configuration, I also have to make the changes in the batch file. For some reason I assumed both files existed together however it seems I could just save the configuration to a batch file.
Can I delete the configuration file and just retain the batch file?
After you have defined and verified a sync configuration in FFS, you can save that sync configuration either as a *.ffs_gui file or as a *.ffs_batch file.
Your *.ffs_gui file is not the sync configuration file; both your *.ffs_gui and *.ffs_batch file are sync configuration files.
An *.ffs_gui sync configuration always opens and runs in the FFS GUI, and requires you to manually start the Compare and after that to manually start the actual sync.
An *.ffs_batch sync configuration can still be opened and run in the FFS GUI, but is primarily intended to be used to run outside the FFS GUI, e.g. launched via RealTimeSync (RTS) or the Windows Task Scheduler (or Linux/Mac equivalent).
If you have saved an "identical" sync configuration both as a *.ffs_gui and *.ffs_batch file, these two have become fully independent. There is no link between the two anymore.
So, if you have a sync configuration that is intended to be launched by an automation, like in your case by RTS, you only need your *.ffs_batch file.
You can use it for your automation, but still open, modify and run it in the FFS GUI.
There is no need to retain your *.ffs_gui file.
