Detect Moved Files

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Joined: 30 Apr 2026

FeelUs

how works Detection Moved Files in FreeFileSync. I do next on ext4:
$ ls -R src
src:
888  123  1245
src/888:
124
in FreeFileSync src/ and dst/ are synchronized, src/.sync.ffs_db and dst/.sync.ffs_db exists
$ stat -c %i src/888 src/888/124
1334616
1334622
$ mv src/888 src/777
$ stat -c %i src/777 src/777/124
1334616
1334622
and now FreeFileSync suggest delete dts/888 and copy src/777 to dst/

why?
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Posts: 16
Joined: 9 Jun 2026

favoredrive

src/888 is not a file so your question is confusing. What happens with src/888/124?
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Joined: 11 Jun 2019

xCSxXenon

How are you figuring out that FFS is deleting/copying instead of moving?