Problem: comparison/update does not match files in subfolder

[guddy]

Hi,
I just downloaded ffs hoping to manage the following issue: I have several new pictures on my USB- device and I want to update them to my hdd. As I am not sure, if I already moved them to my hdd, ffs should tell me, if they already exist in one of the subfolders on E:\ or not.

Source:
F:\sourcefolder with image2.jpg and image3.jpg

Target folder BEFORE Compare
E:\main folder\test with image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg

path to compare:
E:\

If I now start the comparison and sync, ffs copies image2 and image3 to the destination E:\
WHY??
Both files exist in the subfolder E:\main folder\test (same size, same date, same name..) so imho they should not be copied! Sychronisation settings -> "update", no filters active.

Only if I choose the path E:\main folder\test for the comparison, ffs works as expected. But in most cases I do not know the target folder, so thats not a solution for me.

Thanks for your Help
Guddy

[Zenju]

FreeFileSync respects the folder hierarchy, so the files located in source and target folders need to correspond hierarchically to each other.

[guddy]

Ok, thank you. So maybe I should not try synchronisation tools like ffs to handle my issue? Are there other approaches or tools which ignore the folder hierarchy?

Any suggestions?

BTW, I really like the gui and functions of ffs - i will use ffs for real syncing.