Change the default log path

In the Save log you either type in or use the Browse button to find the directory in which you want FFS to save the log to.

To change the log file path from the default you have to do it on a per-configuration basis. So click on one of your configuration listings and then keyboard F ...

1) If you want a log of the FFS Compare results, you can run a Compare and then in the mains menu select Tools and then Export file list.

The number of log files can be limited by going to menu -> Tools: Options, Delete logs after x days. Posts: 13: Joined: 25 Jul 2019. BigWillie 8 ...

FFS always logs its sync activity in the file C:-Users-%UserName%-AppData-Roaming-FreeFileSync-LastSyncs.log with recent activity on top.

Is there a way that I can suppress the generation of the log files every time I run the program? I have to remember to go in every few days and delete all ...

You can export the visible Compare results in the FFS GUI via Tools / Export file list. A log file is only created when performing the actual Sync.

Hi I launch Freefilesync from Task Scheduler in Windows 10 Entreprise. Usually I have a log file generated (by Freefilesync) where I can look for errors.

The default log file path was /home/pete/.config/FreeFileSync/Logs, I was looking in the main FFS folder which is /home/pete/FreeFileSync.

Hi, I have set up FreeFileSync to run automatically once a week with Windows 11 Task Scheduler to do a mirror backup from 1 drive to another ...