Time Stamp of copy process

Posts: 16 · elchico 19 Sep 2017, 06:04

Hello together,

I am wondering, why all copied files get the timp stamp of the copy process and not the original one. Is there a reason, why the original time stamp is not copied, too?

Regards,
elchico

Posts: 2451 · Plerry 19 Sep 2017, 12:15

Which protocol do you use to connect to your left and/or right locations?
E.g. most implementations of FTP do not support copying the original timestamp,
but use the time-stamp of the moment of copying.

Posts: 16 · elchico 19 Sep 2017, 12:45

Hi Plerry,

I was using Netdrive as a third party product for my FTP connection so far, but if FreeFileSync would support this time stamp transfer, I would change towards FFS.

Is it in general a problem of FTP or a problem of the softwares?

Regards,
elchico

Which protocol do you use to connect to your left and/or right locations?
E.g. most implementations of FTP do not support copying the original timestamp,
but use the time-stamp of the moment of copying. Plerry, 19 Sep 2017, 12:15

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 19 Sep 2017, 17:53

I believe most modern FTP servers support MFMT (= support for setting modification time), but legacy servers don't go away fast in the FTP world. When available, FreeFileSync uses MFMT.

Posts: 16 · elchico 20 Sep 2017, 06:00

ok. Thank you very much. Then I'll change to FFS instead of Netdrive.

Regards,
elchico

Posts: 16 · elchico 20 Sep 2017, 07:42

okay, I wrote the respective FFS-file with FTP connection and "compare date and size" + ignore 1 min offset. But when I open + save + close a ppt or word file, FFS does not copy the new file, even after 3-5 min after change.

I have attached the respective file.

Have you an idea for this?
Regards,
elchico

Posts: 292 · Gianni1962 20 Sep 2017, 08:22

Did you press the Compare button?

Posts: 16 · elchico 20 Sep 2017, 09:56

yes. But there were no files to update / copy.

Did you push the Compare button? Gianni1962, 20 Sep 2017, 08:22

Posts: 292 · Gianni1962 20 Sep 2017, 10:37

Try leaving blank the value in "Ignore time shift" in Comparison settings.

Posts: 16 · elchico 20 Sep 2017, 10:58

Did not work neither.
To clearify: I have modified a powerpoint file by adding the letter "a" in a textfield => size of the file is the same, but not the modification time.
It is not copied / not marked as newer anyway.

Regards,
elchico

Try leaving blank the value in "Ignore time shift" in Comparison settings. Gianni1962, 20 Sep 2017, 10:37

Posts: 292 · Gianni1962 20 Sep 2017, 11:23

Are you sure the file is in the D:\Promotion folder or subfolder?

Try to set the "Synchronization settings" from Update to Mirror.

While debugging this problem keep blank the value in "Ignore time shift" in Comparison settings.

Posts: 16 · elchico 20 Sep 2017, 11:38

Okay when I use mirror, it shows that all! files on the right side are newer for some reason (incl. my modified file of course). So probably my FritzBox runs with a different time zone (2 h in the future). But I do not know why yet.

So thank you very much.
Regards,
elchico

Posts: 16 · elchico 21 Sep 2017, 06:35

Hi everybody,

same problem, different reason: When I copy manually (by drag&drop) a file to the USB drive at my FritzBox, it gets the time of the copying process. But when FFS copies a file to the FB, the file gets a time 2 h in the future of the copying process. Does somebody know why? Because this is really bad when I want to update my files more often than every 2 h.

Thank you and regards,
elchico

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 22 Sep 2017, 21:06

Do you get a warning message about MFMT failing?

Posts: 16 · elchico 24 Sep 2017, 10:35

yes, it says, that the server does not accept MFMT. But why is then there a 2 h difference?

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 24 Sep 2017, 15:04

Only the FritzBox knows... As far as FFS is concerned, it couldn't set a file time.

Posts: 16 · elchico 24 Sep 2017, 15:19

Okay, thank you :-)
Then I have to consider a work around ;-)

Regards