Versioning problem

[warpie]

Hi, just a question about versioning.

I have two directories, i.e. c:\data\one and c:\data\two, where on both I have different files but with the same name: c:\data\one\file.txt and c:\data\two\file.txt

Now I setup a new mirroring job, where the sources are both folders and are backed up to k:\data\one and k:\data\two respectively. I configured it with versioning option saved to k:\data\versions.

If I modified both file.txt, and synchronize, I end up with just one of them on the versions folder, as FFS does not store any previous path file information.

May be an option to save older versions with the full path would be nice in order to solve this problem, for instance, the saved old files would be:

k:\data\versions\c\data\one\file.txt
k:\data\versions\c\data\two\file.txt

also this will help in restoring them, as they do not loose their full original path.

Thanks.

[Zenju]

You can solve this problem yourself by using different versioning paths for each folder pair.

[warpie]

You can solve this problem yourself by using different versioning paths for each folder pair.

Thanks Zenju, I had not realized that :-)

Although it is a bit tedious to do it with the GUI if I have more than 20 folder pairs that I want all under a main folder ... mmm I can edit the saved xml FFS file too, which would be much easier to edit with a text editor (with macros).

BTW, I like FFS, good job!.

[Zenju]

> tedious to do it with the GUI if I have more than 20 folder pairs

This sounds like a nice new feature: "If more than one folder pair is in use, show a listbox of all folder pairs in the sync config dialog, to quickly change between configurations with a single mouse-click (or arrow keys)."

[warpie]

> tedious to do it with the GUI if I have more than 20 folder pairs

This sounds like a nice new feature: "If more than one folder pair is in use, show a listbox of all folder pairs in the sync config dialog, to quickly change between configurations with a single mouse-click (or arrow keys)."

I think it would be nice too. Having to click on the local sync config icon in order to check it, then close, then open the next one, and so on, is a hassle. Probably it will be helpful for the comparison and filters tabs too.

Er, I finally did it with the GUI, it seems to me to be less error prone for that.

Talking about new features, why not add an internal macro value, %fullsrcpath% ?

c:\data\one\file.txt => c\data\one

then I could add a *global* versioning path like *k:\versions\%timestamp%\%fullsrcpath%* instead of changing all local sync configs ;-)

Of course, what I said are just mere suggestions for the upcoming versions.

[gaberad]

I think it would be nice too. Having to click on the local sync config icon in order to check it, then close, then open the next one, and so on, is a hassle. Probably it will be helpful for the comparison and filters tabs too.

Er, I finally did it with the GUI, it seems to me to be less error prone for that.

Talking about new features, why not add an internal macro value, %fullsrcpath% ?

c:\data\one\file.txt => c\data\one

then I could add a *global* versioning path like *k:\versions\%timestamp%\%fullsrcpath%* instead of changing all local sync configs ;-)

Of course, what I said are just mere suggestions for the upcoming versions.

+1 for this suggestion.