Newbie - backup folder creation

Posts: 10 · thimker 13 Feb 2021, 20:07

I tested copy of two folders by drag and by type/paste. All contents went to same external folder.
How can I auto-create target sub folders? If I cannot, this fast program does not help me.
Want to run as if routine COPY in Windows 10. {Have used 'DirSync Pro', but which can lose instance.}

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 13 Feb 2021, 20:48

Your two folders will be identical. FFS auto-creates sub-folders on the target side to match the source.

Posts: 10 · thimker 13 Feb 2021, 21:02

Did NOT happen for me. Please give a detailed example. Source "D:\" all or "D:\path1"
and "D:\path2" to target "G:\bakup".
My attempt for two paths dragged to source side, ALL went to "G:\bakup".
Most powerful would be to select entire source drive, then to list exclusions.
Sorry to impose with my awkwardness.

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 13 Feb 2021, 21:26

If you have:
D:\
----path1\
-----------Doc1.txt
-----------Doc2.txt
----path2\
-----------Pic1.jpg

and you set source to D:\ and target to G:\backup, G will look like:
G:\
backup\
--------path1\
---------------Doc1.txt
---------------Doc2.txt
--------path2\
---------------Pic1.jpg

Whatever you choose as your target directory, it will look exactly as the source directory, unless you use filters

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 13 Feb 2021, 21:27

If you sync two separate folders to the same target, it will cause problems at worst and confusion at best

Posts: 10 · thimker 13 Feb 2021, 21:36

thanks.
I tried "D:\path1" and "D:\path2" to target "G:\bakup".
What I got was all of both source paths into target folder without the separate folders at first level.
Probably some of the lower level paths were kept... but I already deleted.

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 14 Feb 2021, 15:04

Yeah... Don't do that. Just backup D:\ to G:\bakup

Posts: 10 · thimker 14 Feb 2021, 15:52

Okay, ran "D:\" to "G:\bakup" [fake name for target]
after setting FILTERS
\System Volume Information\
\Config.Msi
\$Recycle.Bin\
plus several of my own exclusions.
Note-1: CAN have multiple instances. Not delicate like "DirSync Pro" whose window[s] can vanish.
Note-2: CanNOT use same source, due to "D:\sync.ffs_lock is in use". "DirSync Pro" can run multiples.
This means I can run FFS manually, then make secondary copies of first target.
Full-time backup is not a priority for me. Auto-deletions from target drive IS.