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I know that this must be easy to do but I cannot find it: When I start my backup by double-clicking on the backup job (.ffs_gui file), it comes up and scans for changes and when it…

When I have several instanzes running, which is great, I have always wrong last backup dates in the listing. Only the instanze that ends last defines the dates. It would be great i…

Dear xCSxXenon, Thank you for your helpful comment. I agree I am not used to how FFS works at all, I am only a lowly user, hence my asking for a helpful comment in full. After much…

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I get this error sequence. How the two folders can be different is beyond me. However, if I just delete the folder on G:, it still gives me the error. Any suggestions? Folder pair:…

@xCSxXenon The LH panel is labeled "configuration', I didn't know what else to call it (FFS Help doesn't label the various parts of the page) And in that panel, under the section c…

First thank you for sticking with me. I'm sorry to be so dense but don't understand what to delete. What "version" (version of what) are you referring to? I only have my D drive an…

So, I tested it with 12.6, and there the file transfers did seem to complete. However, I identified a upload speed degradation (from multiple mb/s to about 200 kb/s) with my provid…

Ah, thanks @Plerry. Seems I missed that

> This is very incorrect. ... With mirror sync, it will re-copy the files from source to destination since the destination files were deleted and are therefore missing. Based on Ze…

In your suggestion, what do you like FFS to do if it's disabled? Personally, I agree with Zenju, that I find leaving blank spaces cleaner... except for moved files, where a lot of …

The SYSTEM user, under which Scheduled Tasks run by default, generally does not have access to remote machines. Modify your Scheduled Task to run under specified user credentials o…

I redid the configuration as follows (both the source and the target folders and their paths stay the same as before), and saved it as a batch job: • Source/left side: C:\Users\Use…

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In your post, you use the drive letter D for both your USB drives. I will assume the 2nd one is named E:\ instead of D:\. Also note you use forward slashes (/) instead of backslash…

Hello, I am trying use FFS 13.6 on new Raspberry PI5 with OS Bookworm 64-bit with latest version: GCC 14.1.0 G++ 14.1.0 Curl 8.8.0 libssh2 1.11.0 wxWidgets 3.2.5 but it seems runni…

Because you can copy OK in File Explorer to your NAS, it seems you are running a *.ffs_batch sync job launched by the Task Scheduler or by RTS which is in turn launched by the Task…

There are many ways to skin a cat. Act as proposed by xCSxXenon: Use the Update Sync variant instead of the Mirror variant Or: use the [URL] to specify the folders that need to be …

File copy works fine but an error message occurs when copying DACL, SACL, Owner, Group, (SetFileSecurity). The target is a Synology NAS shared folder that I can see I have full acc…

Using the UNC path directly doesn't appear to work (this is what I was trying to do initially). When I attempt to enter "\\mylaptopname\c$", FreeFileSync interprets it as "/config\…

Sorry for late reply. I found the cause of the issue. I had an include filter set. Obviously I did not do that knowingly. It must have been a shortcut I subconsciously executed. Th…

Hi, I run a FreeFileSync-Batchjob with cron and the following command /opt/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync /home/stefan/FreeFileSync/BatchRun-Downloads.ffs_batch --display=:0.0 on Debian…

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Thanks for the Beta. It finally did delete one log file today when I ran a sync. But there are still two logs rather than one. I guess it doesn't matter so long as they're being cu…

In your second picture, the Mirror sync has become a Custom sync in which for the Difference Category "Item exists right-side only" the Action is now set to "Do nothing" (as oppose…

Hi xCSxXenon, yes, I'm sure it's not in local, I checked with ls -all command and also each time files are different, they are the file changed in the code folder

Hi therube, thanks for your feedback. I found the reason of my issue : AVAST. Avast has secured several of my files... and that's why it's blocking access to them. By suspending Av…

[Quote] I'll try to explain my problem... I have a server that every day updates a folder with some recordings and with the date marking, for example: "2024-03-21" and I need the 2…

I'm facing this same "problem" with a very similar system... would there be a solution to this problem, or so far nothing?

Thanks for your very quick reply. I should have also mentioned that the <Up> and <Down> arrows no longer scroll through the list of directories at the left of the main screen after…

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When the "display errors" parameter in the execution of a "ffs_batch" is posted. Is there an audible notification when an error is detected?

Check your filter settings. Can you try the latest version of FFS?

Funny thing, Windows10pro updated this morning and afterward I ran the 13.6 update without a problem. Perhaps Microsoft disables some copy/move features while downloading files for…

In your local attempt, you apparently sync C:\Users with some other location. Be aware, that users, and (as far as I know) even users with administrator-rights, do by default not h…

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"FFS will not go back to what it did earlier." I meant that by stopping and restarting FFS, it stayed at <1 kbps, and not what it originally transfered at 10-50mbps. Saturday morni…

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Thanks for the reply. the folders had gotten mixed up in a way so a one way sync or a mirror sync wouldn't have worked. Either would have replaced some of the files I wanted to kee…