"Detect moved files" in "Update" mode?

[tim_organgrinder]

Hello,

I have understood that the difference between "Mirror" and "Update" is that "Mirror" will delete files if necessary, whereas "Update" will not delete; merely add.

So what happens if I activate "Detect moved files" when using "Update"? Will the moved file be deleted from the old location or will I end up with two copies?

Kind regards,
tim.

[Plerry]

When selecting the Update sync variant, the option to "Detect moved files" is grayed out and can not be check marked.
If you move a file inside your left (source) base location or any of its (sub)directories, your (right) destination location will have two copies of that file; one in the old/original location and one in the new location.

[tim_organgrinder]

( ... as I would obviously have found out had I tried it out before just asking :-) ... )

But thanks for the quick feedback,
tim.

[Zenju]

This issue has been "fixed" in the next FreeFileSync version by providing a proper DB-based "update" variant!

FreeFileSync 13.0
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Detect moved files with "Update" sync variant (requires sync.ffs_db files)


See also: viewtopic.php?t=10594