As per the title,
I am not sure when having jobs that have multiple entries if these are actually done in the order they are listed or are they done asynchronous?
The reason I ask this is that some backups need to have a separate job that updates some part of it. This would need to be done before the final backup is executed.
If done in order I can do this all in one job otherwise I have to created separate jobs to be run in sequence manually.
Are multiple jobs done in order?
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No, they don't necessarily go in order. Safest bet is to do separate jobs and run them in sequence
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Many thanks, I thought this was the case but the doubt I had was due to the fact that you can actually changed the order of the jobs in the list.
Maybe I'll turn it into a feature request at some point.
It would be good to simply have a toggle to force ordered execution or a flag which says "make sure this is done before moving on" so essentially anything else can be executed normally once the ordered jobs were completed.
Maybe I'll turn it into a feature request at some point.
It would be good to simply have a toggle to force ordered execution or a flag which says "make sure this is done before moving on" so essentially anything else can be executed normally once the ordered jobs were completed.
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I think it would be nice to know for sure.
Also, you can call the second job by running a 'completion' command in the settings of the first job
Also, you can call the second job by running a 'completion' command in the settings of the first job
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That has potential, I never noticed the "on completion" - I'll have to look at how to use the command line I guess. I haven't had time to go into the more advanced options / methods.
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It's pretty easy, the first part will be the path to FFS "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" and the second half is the path to your .ffs_batch file
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Thanks, you are right :) - that seems the perfect solution frankly.
I was going to look into a batch file (dos type) solution running each job that way but when I think of this, the first file simply runs the next one. For those that may run this (that isn't me of course) I can simply use the naming of the jobs to guide them to what to run and what not to run.
I'm assuming there is a "silent run" switch which will stop the prompts so the job will just go ahead.
Thanks for pointing me to this :)
I was going to look into a batch file (dos type) solution running each job that way but when I think of this, the first file simply runs the next one. For those that may run this (that isn't me of course) I can simply use the naming of the jobs to guide them to what to run and what not to run.
I'm assuming there is a "silent run" switch which will stop the prompts so the job will just go ahead.
Thanks for pointing me to this :)
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Yes, when you save the batch files/config, there is a checkbox to run minimized and one for ignoring errors
