Hi, I am trying to use FreeFileSync to copy everything from a source folder that contains multiple subfolders and collapse it all into one flat target folder.
As in:
C:\Source\This\Program\Creates\Absurdly\Long\File\Paths\1\
C:\Source\This\Program\Creates\Absurdly\Long\File\Paths\2\
C:\Source\This\Program\Creates\Absurdly\Long\File\Paths\3\
C:\Source\This\Program\Creates\Absurdly\Long\File\Paths\4\
Every file in those subfolders should be copied to
C:\Target\
No subfolders, just one huge folder full of files. Duplicate filenames are not an issue.
How can I do this in FreeFileSync? Thanks!
Copying from multiple subfolders to one target folder
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FFS is a synchronization tool, and as such preserves the (sub)folder structure.
The use-case you describe is beyond the scope of FreeFileSync (FFS) and can only be performed manually in FFS.
The use-case you describe is beyond the scope of FreeFileSync (FFS) and can only be performed manually in FFS.
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You would have to sync all of the sources folders to one target folder and use the "update" method to sync to avoid pairs from deleting previously synced data. Is this going to be a one-time operation?
