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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
I don't use VSS as I never have any files locked when I sync - so I cannot say from experience. But have just checked the FreeFileSync manual and it confirms it copies locked files in the shadowed volume.
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Likely as not it doesn't need the 'lock' file if its configured to use VSS
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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
As an aside I don't know the reasoning why FreeFileSync places a file in each synced directory (on both devices being sync'd) and never pondered on it before (the files have never bothered me) but one reason may be that it somehow facilitates its avoiding copy/writes when syncing moved files???
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Goodsynch handles most 'moves' like calibre does: creates a hard link in new location and removes the link in old location. The detection happens in its Analyse phase. Its not a 100%, if you rename a file and move it a million miles it will do a copy and delete. But it will detect, and do a hardlink shuffle, if a book in my Intake library gets a new name and then gets moved to my Books library.
My Books and Intake libraries have a common parent, Calibre\Libraries - that may be the limiting factor, if you move a file from one root level directory to another it may not recognise it as a move, in which case it will do a copy and a delete.
It keeps its state and history data in its root level _gsdata_ hidden folders on source and target devices, I've never had a need to delve into them, in recent times they added a GoodSync Explorer program for doing that.
We're having a hailstorm - marble size so far, damn noisy still.
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