Using FreeFileSync to sync an existing FreeFileSync backup to another backup

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maultby

Hi
Is it safe to use FreeFileSync to sync an existing FreeFileSync backup to another FreeFileSync backup.
My worry is that the special FreeFileSync control files in the original backup will be damaged when that "backup" is FreeFileSync'd to another FreeFileSync backup
Thanks for you time and attention
Jeff
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Zenju

If you're using FFS to backup, then there's nothing to worry, it knows its own files. But you're right the sync.ffs_db file is something to make sure it's not damaged (deleted, overwritten with a different version) when using other sync tools. Worst case is that FFS will behave as if the sync.ffs_db file does not yet exists.