good evening
I would like to copy only the files from the source to the destination , I do not want to mount the directory structure on the target just want the files , is ?
Just copy files from one directory
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See the “Copy to” option.
Free File Sync File Copy Procedure:
1. Highlight (select) all of the files you want to copy.
2. Right click on them and select “Copy to…” (or press “Ctrl+T”)
3. In the pop-up window, press the “Browse” button and select the place you want to copy the files to. [You can create a new folder at this point, if you want to.]
4. Uncheck the “Keep relative paths”. [Note once this is done it remains unchecked]
(you may want to also uncheck the “Overwrite existing files”)
5. Press the “Copy” button.
Check it out it! This procedure worked fine for me.
THANKS for asking the question! I just learned something that will be useful to me in the future.
Free File Sync File Copy Procedure:
1. Highlight (select) all of the files you want to copy.
2. Right click on them and select “Copy to…” (or press “Ctrl+T”)
3. In the pop-up window, press the “Browse” button and select the place you want to copy the files to. [You can create a new folder at this point, if you want to.]
4. Uncheck the “Keep relative paths”. [Note once this is done it remains unchecked]
(you may want to also uncheck the “Overwrite existing files”)
5. Press the “Copy” button.
Check it out it! This procedure worked fine for me.
THANKS for asking the question! I just learned something that will be useful to me in the future.
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Understood, but I'll always have to do this? There's no way he do automatic synchronization only the files without directories.
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Once you have the files in the new target location…
1. Just set up a new target path and do a regular comparison.
[You can exclude the files/folders on the source side that you do not want to include. See the Filter function (F7).]
2. Save the comparison (Save as...) and it will be available for next time.
1. Just set up a new target path and do a regular comparison.
[You can exclude the files/folders on the source side that you do not want to include. See the Filter function (F7).]
2. Save the comparison (Save as...) and it will be available for next time.
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I understand, but I would like the program to do this automatically for me and not I enter the program and run, will have as a program to synchronize only the files in a directory source to destination without the directory structure go to the target and but only the files in an automated way? For the manual way I'm already getting to do, but would be more practical if the program did this in an automated way.
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You may want to look into setting up a macro to do what you want.I understand, but I would like the program to do this automatically for me and not I enter the program and run, will have as a program to synchronize only the files in a directory source to destination without the directory structure go to the target and but only the files in an automated way? For the manual way I'm already getting to do, but would be more practical if the program did this in an automated way.d_gneto
While in FFS press the F1 key (Windows) and do a search for “Macro”.
There are several good examples in this FFS help.
After you set up the macro all you would need to do in FFS is select the files in the source path (Left Side of the FFS window) and press the number “3” key to copy them to the target path (right side of the FFS window).
A “DOS copy command” can be used with these Windows operating system environment variables.
The FFS system is very powerful with the capability to use these System Variables.
WARNING: If you are not familiar with the Windows DOS system you may want to get some help from someone who knows the Window Operating System and DOS commands.
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I have spent a few hours getting RE-familiar with the Windows DOS commands.
I created a BAT (Batch) file but there is an easier way to do what you want.
Setup Procedures:
1. While in FFS select “Tools/Options”
2. On the next open Macro line type the following on the right-hand side…
“cmd /C copy /D "%item_path%" "My destination folder"
(You can copy the destination folder from the FFS destination address in the FFS grid)
You can put what ever you like in the description column.
Here is what I put in the description…
“TEST FFS 2 (#5 ok) [Copy ALL SELECTED Folders/Files to Destination Folder]”
The “#5” reminds me that I have it in the fifth row and therefore need to press the Number 5 key (NOT F5).
Operator Procedure:
1. In FFS select the files in the source grid to be copied to the “My destination folder” and press the number key (#5 for me).
2. Click the “Compare” button to see that all of the selected files are in the “My destination folder”.
NOTES:
(1) If you select a folder in the source folder grid it will copy ALL of the files in that folder, but not the folder.
(2) The "My destination folder" Is the complete path to the destination. It includes the complete folder path (includes drive), as it would appear in the FFS destination grid. If anyone knows how to get this FFS destination from an environment variable please let us know. It would make this macro even more useful.
PS:
General Words of Caution:
1. If you have files with the same name in different folders the last file copied, with the same name, will override the first file copied. You will therefore need to verify that ALL of the files being copied to a single folder have unique names.
2. After you get many (dozens) of files in one folder it will be difficult to remember where the files came from, making it almost impossible to check for newer (updated) files.
It has been my experience that it is better to maintain some sort of path in the backed up files that resembles where the files came from.
I created a BAT (Batch) file but there is an easier way to do what you want.
Setup Procedures:
1. While in FFS select “Tools/Options”
2. On the next open Macro line type the following on the right-hand side…
“cmd /C copy /D "%item_path%" "My destination folder"
(You can copy the destination folder from the FFS destination address in the FFS grid)
You can put what ever you like in the description column.
Here is what I put in the description…
“TEST FFS 2 (#5 ok) [Copy ALL SELECTED Folders/Files to Destination Folder]”
The “#5” reminds me that I have it in the fifth row and therefore need to press the Number 5 key (NOT F5).
Operator Procedure:
1. In FFS select the files in the source grid to be copied to the “My destination folder” and press the number key (#5 for me).
2. Click the “Compare” button to see that all of the selected files are in the “My destination folder”.
NOTES:
(1) If you select a folder in the source folder grid it will copy ALL of the files in that folder, but not the folder.
(2) The "My destination folder" Is the complete path to the destination. It includes the complete folder path (includes drive), as it would appear in the FFS destination grid. If anyone knows how to get this FFS destination from an environment variable please let us know. It would make this macro even more useful.
PS:
General Words of Caution:
1. If you have files with the same name in different folders the last file copied, with the same name, will override the first file copied. You will therefore need to verify that ALL of the files being copied to a single folder have unique names.
2. After you get many (dozens) of files in one folder it will be difficult to remember where the files came from, making it almost impossible to check for newer (updated) files.
It has been my experience that it is better to maintain some sort of path in the backed up files that resembles where the files came from.
