Delete Files In Origin Destination

Posts: 1 · alan.shenton 12 Mar 2016, 22:45

I have two folders.

I need to copy the contents on folder 1 to folder 2 (which I can do.)

I then want to delete to contents of folder 1. I can't figure out how to do this, or if it is even possible with FFS.

Has anybody successfully got this method working?

If so, could someone help please?

Thanks!

Posts: 30 · drghughes 16 Mar 2016, 14:24

I don't think that it is possible with FreeFileSync.

The simplest solution is probably to just delete the files using the command line after FreeFileSync has run, or rather than use FreeFileSync, just move the files using the command line.

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 16 Mar 2016, 15:31

You can emulate a move by a copy followed by a delete. E.g. have two FFS runs, the first one copies, the second one deletes by having an empty source directory.

Posts: 10 · Charlie 12 May 2018, 00:59

I would like to do this too.

I don't understand the advice to have two FFS runs with the second having an empty source directory though. Wouldn't this require manually deleting the contents to have the empty source? This is what I would like to automate.

It would seem simpler to just use the facility to run a command after synchronisation. I've tried using the 'del' command but it has no effect. Is this because it is necessary to set the full path for the folder? If so, this doesn't appear possible as the option to run a command after synchronisation isn't available in the local settings for each comparison pair.

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 12 May 2018, 07:17

"del" is for files. To recursively delete a folder use:

rd /s /q folder_path

Posts: 10 · Charlie 12 May 2018, 22:15

Hi Zenju,

Thanks very much for your reply. That's right, I want to delete the files in a folder after they have been copied to the destination folder (and keep the origin folder).

So I guess this means it can't be done since the path can only be set in the global comparison settings, not the local comparison settings.