Copy files only

[parsec2408]

Can FFS setup as to copy files only from the source folder to the destination folder when the Realtimesync gets started without compering the content of the destination folder so if I DEL a file on the destination I don't get updated again from the source
so source to destination are totally independent

[Zenju]

FFS has to compare both sides in order to determine the delta that needs syncing. However you can remove the target directory from the RTS configuration so that deleting a file there does not trigger the sync anymore.
If you permanently don't want certain files copied to the destination you can use the file filter in FFS to exclude them.

[parsec2408]

> thank for the reply so Mirror and Update then becomes the same

No, not sure what you mean.

> perhaps you might consider one way copy to target at another Version

There are multiple ways to create backup versions. See help file chapter "Versioning" for details.

[parsec2408]

FFS has to compare both sides in order to determine the delta that needs syncing. However you can remove the target directory from the RTS configuration so that deleting a file there does not trigger the sync anymore.
If you permanently don't want certain files copied to the destination you can use the file filter in FFS to exclude them.

If I remove this I lose the copy function in real time is this correct?
"However you can remove the target directory from the RTS configuration so that deleting a file there does not trigger the sync anymore"
so just to understand there is no way just copy files without comparing? to the source

[Zenju]

If I remove this I lose the copy function in real time is this correct?
"However you can remove the target directory from the RTS configuration so that deleting a file there does not trigger the sync anymore"
so just to understand there is no way just copy files without comparing? to the source

> If I remove this I lose the copy function in real time is this correct?

If you remove the target directory from RTS, any changes on that target will not trigger FFS anymore. But when FFS is started it will consider changes on both sides, as always.

> so just to understand there is no way just copy files without comparing? to the source

In order to determine what work is to be done, FFS must always scan both sides.

[parsec2408]

> If I remove this I lose the copy function in real time is this correct?

If you remove the target directory from RTS, any changes on that target will not trigger FFS anymore. But when FFS is started it will consider changes on both sides, as always.

> so just to understand there is no way just copy files without comparing? to the source

In order to determine what work is to be done, FFS must always scan both sides.

"In order to determine what work is to be done, FFS must always scan both sides."

I am bit confused so what it the difference between Mirror vs Update then?
thank you for the help

[Zenju]

"In order to determine what work is to be done, FFS must always scan both sides."

I am bit confused so what it the difference between Mirror vs Update then?
thank you for the help

The difference is in what happens with certain categories of file matches. E.g. "update" does nothing if the left file is older than the right file or if a file exists on the right side only.