Date of last sync?

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Joined: 6 May 2009

greenmoose

When I start FreeFileSync my previous configuration is automatically opened.
It would be nice to have the date of the last sync displayed somewhere (if
using automatic sync with a db).
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Zenju

For silent batch mode synchronization (*.ffs_batch) the date of the last
synchronization is written into each log file. In general the date can also be
found as last modification time of the database file. The main question
however is *if* and *where* this information should be made visible in the
tool. I highly value clarity of user interface and aim to put only highly
beneficial settings and information onto GUI. The date of the last sync
doesn't seem "important" enough.

-Zenju
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Joined: 6 May 2009

greenmoose

Fair enough. However IMHO I think it's good to know if I synched the session 1
day ago or 1 month ago, and if I should bother to do a compare/resync or not
(I don't sit and wait for my compare session to finish since it takes so long,
I go and do other stuff meanwhile).
(The product "Allway Sync" has this feature, from which I migrated to FFS,
might be why I feel the "need" of such option).

But checking the date of the db-file seems easy enough as a workaround for me.
Thanks.