LinuxMint 19, FreeFileSync 11.09 - 11.21
Export file list worked fine for me as a way to export the file list 'It did what is says on the label' to a csv file of my own choosing. I want to post process the csv with Python, not Excel/Calc (which can't match the flexibility of Python).
The last version that works 'properly' was 11.09. I updated to 11.18 (and now 11.21) and now export file list dumps me straight into (LibreOffice) Calc (on Linux Mint) with no way to save the csv file without Calc interfering first.
So my principal request is.. How do I stop this behaviour and get back to the good old save to csv file behaviour.
I use Python if I'm comparing my Flac music with my external backup. Sometimes I've updated the tags only (on the local pc), but that means that FreeFileSync sees them as different. I was able to export the list to csv, then get Python to compare the metaflac MD5 signatures to see if the flac is the same.
It would be nice to be able to do that again, without being stuck at FFS version 11.09.
Export File List : Stop Calc/Excel from grabbing CSV
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So older versions exported to a .csv, & you would then open the .csv with whatever application you wanted to open it with.
Current version, you select the application itself, rather then directly having the file exported to .csv.
And in my case, I get a "Windows can't open this file. ... Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. ...".
As while I do have programs that I use to handle .csv, I do not have a "defaulted" Windows program set that I want to handle .csv (nor did I want that), so with current FFS, in order for the 'Export file list' to be of value, I would need to set up a default handler.
Yes, a save to .csv & then deal with it as you wish seems the better way to go.
With the current version (in Windows), seems the .csv gets written to %TMP%/FFS-random/username~GUID.csv (or something of the sort) - even if you don't actually "open" it.
(So maybe on Linux end, you'll find something in a similar location, /tmp/ or whatnot.)
Nonetheless, fishing out a filename~GUID.csv from that location is not straight forward.
At the least, there should be options to either save directly & to open directly.
Current version, you select the application itself, rather then directly having the file exported to .csv.
And in my case, I get a "Windows can't open this file. ... Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. ...".
As while I do have programs that I use to handle .csv, I do not have a "defaulted" Windows program set that I want to handle .csv (nor did I want that), so with current FFS, in order for the 'Export file list' to be of value, I would need to set up a default handler.
Yes, a save to .csv & then deal with it as you wish seems the better way to go.
With the current version (in Windows), seems the .csv gets written to %TMP%/FFS-random/username~GUID.csv (or something of the sort) - even if you don't actually "open" it.
(So maybe on Linux end, you'll find something in a similar location, /tmp/ or whatnot.)
Nonetheless, fishing out a filename~GUID.csv from that location is not straight forward.
At the least, there should be options to either save directly & to open directly.
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Glad it's not just me.
At least allow us the choice in preferences to save to selected file or open with application.
I have to say... how many FFS users were asking for the 'new feature' that made it so important to deliver it without any possibility of reverting back to the original way of working ??
At least allow us the choice in preferences to save to selected file or open with application.
I have to say... how many FFS users were asking for the 'new feature' that made it so important to deliver it without any possibility of reverting back to the original way of working ??
