Anyway to disable sync.ffs_lock file creation?

Posts: 5 · webmastir 7 May 2015, 20:08

I was wondering if there's a way to turn off sync.ffs_lock file creation during a one time sync process?

And/or a way to specify where the sync.ffs_lock file is created? I have a sync process syncing a folder that is watched by a File Watcher of some sort. It thinks sync.ffs_lock is something it's supposed to consume (no way to filter that either).

Posts: 5 · webmastir 11 May 2015, 19:11

Nothing eh?

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 11 May 2015, 20:03

See help file chapter "Expert Settings" on how to disable the lock file.

Posts: 5 · webmastir 28 May 2015, 03:24

Wow I'm an idiot and completely missed those obvious settings.

Thank you Zenju.

Posts: 27 · jackdashack 24 Nov 2021, 01:41

I am not seeing a Global Settings in my FreeFileSync folder. And by reading the expert settings it's not clear to me but I'm not an expert? I delete the lock file and it comes right back. This started out of the clear blue when it had been running well all along?

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 29 Nov 2021, 15:59

Make sure FFS is completely closed before editing the settings file, otherwise the changes won't stay.

Posts: 27 · jackdashack 29 Nov 2021, 16:07

xCSxXenon: extreme ignorance here. Covid has eaten my brain. :-\\ How do you edit the settings of a program if it is closed before you edit it? Is it a separate file in the program folder? I checked. And if I try to edit the _batch file it opens FFS. Thanks for putting in here for us!

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 29 Nov 2021, 19:07

Read this carefully:
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=expert-settings

Posts: 27 · jackdashack 29 Nov 2021, 19:54

Should it look like this when I'm done to disable lock files. I am obviously not as geeky as I'd like to be or are you all are. This is what I've done . . . . of course it can be undone.

<FileTimeTolerance Seconds="2"/>
<RunWithBackgroundPriority Enabled="true"/>
<LockDirectoriesDuringSync Enabled="false"/>
<VerifyCopiedFiles Enabled="false"/>

Posts: 27 · jackdashack 29 Nov 2021, 19:56

I changed a bad line in the above.

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 29 Nov 2021, 22:38

I'm assuming that's not the whole file and is just a snippet containing the important code.
That looks correct, is it not working as expected?

Posts: 27 · jackdashack 29 Nov 2021, 23:59

Yes, just a snip. It's running, I guess it's stopping the lock files. But I haven't stopped if from running. I am going to the next answer which is about the multiple listings in Task Manager and see what you are recommending there. ty so kind for your help to this point! ":-Dx

Posts: 27 · jackdashack 30 Nov 2021, 00:01

I changed <ProgressDialog Minimized="false" AutoClose="true"/>