Customized Context commands on sftp connections

[janosh7]

Hi everyone.

Under menu Tools > Options I have setup a customized context command for visually comparing the two files:
Description: Compare files
Command Line: "C:\Users\**\Downloads\Portable Apps\pspad459en\PSPad.exe" -D "%item2_path%" "%item_path%"

This works fine for local or shared drives. But now I'm trying to use the new feature "SFTP connection". And this tool does not support the parameters given by FFS. Would it be possible somehow that FFS copies the files to local drive first, before executing the customized command? (the parameters %item_path% and %item2_path% should then direct to the temporary local copies.

Kind regards,
Janosh

[Zenju]

Indeed this would be handy. Maybe the syntax needs to be expanded to differentiate between "native path" and "temporary/working path".

[janosh7]

Yes, that would be great. For example %item_localpath% which indicates that the remote file gets temporarily copied to local %temp% folder first. And the same for %item2_localpath%.

[erik_krause]

Is this going to be addressed? If so I'd prefer no additional syntax in order to use the same commands no matter whether this is a SFTP connection or a direct one.

[Zenju]

Is this going to be addressed? If so I'd prefer no additional syntax in order to use the same commands no matter whether this is a SFTP connection or a direct one.

How would you solve the problem then to distinguish the two possible path resolutions?

[Zenju]

Temporary copy for non-native file paths has been implemented for 8.3. Let me know if you find any issues:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7qbyte87te1724t/FreeFileSync_8.3_beta_Windows_Setup.exe