Two-way real-time sync of folder to 3 locations

[m000]

Hello,

I'm trying to sync a folder on my desktop to two network connected laptops which may or may not be turned on at any one time. I have set up a two-way sync for two folder pairs as shown on the picture below, i.e.:

PC <-> Laptop 1
PC <-> Laptop 2

I have saved it as a batch file and set it to run at startup on the desktop PC. The problem is that if Laptop 1 is off, the sync doesn't go ahead and if I hover my mouse over the taskbar icon I get 'waiting until directory is available' for the folder on Laptop 1. Once I turn Laptop 1 on, it syncs first to Laptop 1 and then to Laptop 2. I then get an error box pop up saying 'command xxxx failed, exit code 1', even though the sync worked on both laptops and I have checked 'ignore errors' in the settings.

If I run a compare and sync from the main FFS gui window it works fine- it ignores the Laptop that is unavailable and moves onto the next one. It is just when using the realtime sync/ batch file that I get this issue.

I have looked everywhere and can't find any settings to ignore the first sync if Laptop 1 is off and move on to the second. Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks!

[Plerry]

Simply run these as two separate syncs.

[m000]

So I assume to do that I would have to create two batch files (one for each laptop) then have two real-time sync processes running as background services?

Thanks

[Plerry]

You only need to invoke the separate FreeFileSync (FFS) syncs by two different RealTimeSync (RTS) processes when you want those syncs to be triggered via folder monitoring.
If not, you can also start these syncs as scheduled tasks or manually.

[m000]

Ok that makes sense. Thanks for your help