"Move" instead of "Copy"

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tintifachs

hi there,
is there a way to MOVE files from one physical drive to another drive instead of COPY them so that the left folder/drive is empty after the sync-process and only the right folder/drive contains the synced files? alternatively the synced files could also be automatically deleted on the left side via a new batch after a successful sync. but the problem there is that freefilesync would need to have the possibility to "delete all files on the left that are existing/that are identical on both sides" which is not possible, i think.
maybe there is also a way to accomplish this via an automated terminal-entry, but I'm not familiar with this kind of stuff, unfortunately :-(
I would be very thankyful for any kind of advice
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Plerry

Asked and answered many times.
A MOVE is not a FreeFileSync (FFS) supported action, as it is not a synchronization related action.
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drxian

ahhh ive been directed here after just asking the same question. sorry for the double ask..

well yes, it might not be part of "normal" sync process but I found Goodsync is happy to be broadminded and let its users do MOVEs as well as syncs...

thanks for the respsonse
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BGO

Check out this answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21576497/command-to-delete-files-in-unc-path
Also for none UNC files you can write a batch file (rd ....)

The script is working - maybe one can run is a batch file after the sync