FreeFileSync Forum

It's similar to two-way sync in that both sides have the same level of relevance (compared to mirroring, that models a master-slave relationship). But where two-way sync works with criteria like older/newer, automatic mode works with "changed/not changed". Therefore it is able to detect an...

> Thanks let me know if I am just to crazy :) Well, maybe let's call it very specific scenario ;) > Is it saved in some file? Yes, all folders to be synced are within your *.ffs_batch file, that's an XML that you can edit externally if you want. But maybe another idea helps here: FreeFileSync also w...

>but it would be nice if you can see what exatly he have done. The default behavior of only displaying errors/warnings in sync-progress screen should suffice for most situations. The question is if this small convenience of showing copied files additionally satisfies an own distinct option. After al...

That's not possible. Basically two situations are recognized: 1. user attended 2. non-attended 1: All messages are redirected to the sync-dialog screen and error messages are collected for the final result. 2: everything is moved into a logfile - no reason for showing visual results This should work...

Yes

>> But right now even if I pick Ignore errors
Yes, this was the "old" design. With the new version this problem
won't occur anymore.

> Additionally I'll add some information about option "ignore errors" > explaining the potential pitfall, if a directory is not existing. I've found an even better solution with NO pitfail, EVEN if the user chose to ignore errors: Roughly: If source directory doesnt exists and leads to del...

> Any time frame on this change?
It's already implemented. Next release will be beginning to mid of next week.

First of all, I'd suggest you simply try it out ;)

FreeFileSync's top features are probably performance and usability. For a more
or less complete feature list see Readme.txt.

This is very strange, your configuration is okay, basically this should work. I tried on my PC (with your exclude strings) and excluding "System Volume Information" worked correctly. In order to track this problem down, could you do a test: Since you get this error message during traversin...

Both version should be working! Could you provide your full configuration so
that I can have a look where the problem is?

Regards, Zenju

Technically, It'd be no problem at all to have the same aproach for Linux like for Windows: I.e. have a portable and an installer-based(deb.package) version that reads writes from OS dependent directories as mentioned. Currently there's "just" the portable version for Linux which should su...

>what is the format The important is to enter everything relative to the base synchronization directories: E.g. if "Picasa.ini" is located in a subdir called "Sub", then you'd enter "Sub\Picasa.ini. If you want to exclude "Picasa.ini" from all directories, enter &q...

It's hard to decide what is the best behaviour in this case: On the one hand it might be that a source folder temporarily is not accessible by accident which leads to a deletion in target folder, which is data loss! On the other hand it this might be the INTENDED behaviour, because one specified a n...

Just seing difference is no problem: Start GUI mode and switch view to
"comparison result" instead of "sync-preview".

-Zenju

Alright, error handling is somewhat complex, so here is the behaviour of a batch run as it SHOULD be implemented: silent mode: ------------------- - ignore errors: ignores errors and warnings and continues - exit with rc < 0: exits process immediately on errors or warnings - show popup: shows a popu...

> So, what do you suggest?
I'd have a look at the XML-files directly. They're not that complex so you
could create a new XML with the new format and copy & paste configuration
from the old XMLs into it.

Regards, Zenju

Hi Nuno, in v2.3 I had to make some structural changes concerning folder pairs: It is now possible to have an alternate configuration for each pair. Unfortunately this new structure is not compatible with the old layout. However this should be the first and last time that folder pair configuration i...

I do have to say "I LOVE THIS PROGRAM". I use it all of the time. Keep up the good work.srjones67

Thanks! :) There are still many features in my mind that are yet to be implemented. So I plan to make this program even better in the future.

-Zenju

Found Silent. Just wondering on the delay and why do I have to set the compare directories in the batch file that I will run at the command line and the RealTimeSync Interface? > why do I have to set the compare directories in the batch file that I will run at the command line and the RealTimeSync ...

Oh. And the delay. Is it in Minutes?srjones67

> Oh. And the delay. Is it in Minutes?
No, it's in seconds. I'll enhance the description for the next version.

-Zenju

Is there some kind of help doc on this?srjones67

Well, no ;) But usage is quite simple as explained in the description on RealtimeSync's main dialog.

-Zenju

Yes, i think that's better, because for example i'm making a mirror of my portable hard drive, and i have this drive with FAT32 and instead of "Recycler", FAT32 uses "Recycled" as the name for recycled bin. Like this you would have to cover all partition types to know what folde...

Hi! The folder "System Volume Information" is not appearing in the synchronization or comparison. Is this ok? I know this is a special folder, but as Recycled is appearing i think this should appear too, or are you removing this by default from synchronizing? Thanks Nuno Leite www.nunolei...

Ok, i didn't saw that in the comparison result. My mistake. And i understand your explanation. I would like to give a tip, unless i'm missing something, are you considering in writing a small manual? I think with all that options, like the one i mentioned and others i saw here and sometimes a littl...

Hi, and thanks for developing this great application, and giving it to the world for free. I only want to ask why did you removed the equal sign from the filter view at the bottom? I find that interesting... cause sometimes i need to see the files that are equal and don't need sync. And again thank...

Actually I'm pretty new to linux (and ubuntu), so I'm not an advanced user. I will try when I'm able! :-) But if someone has compiled a deb package, it could be provided through sourceforge, or not? > But if someone has compiled a deb package, it could be provided through sourceforge, or > not? Sur...

I thought Linux guys are used to compile stuff :) Should be pretty easy following the compile instructions, or did you face some difficulties?

-Zenju

Yes, I have tried both ways. In non-silent mode the task still shows as running after I click OK. In silent mode the task still shows as running even after the freefilesync executable has disappeared from task manager. Could you test if this behaviour is specific to FreeFileSync by scheduling some ...

Have you activated the silent mode? If not there will be a status window at the end of the process which is open until someone clicks OK.

-Zenju