FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool.

FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization tool providing highly optimized performance and usability without needless user interface complexity.

Sometimes we need to synchronize files and folders between different drives on our systems or specially with a portable device. 

Synchronizing helps us to have the same set of data in the source and destination folder, changing the contents of one i.e adding or deleting files are also updated in the other folder.

Features:

Detect moved and renamed files

Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service)

Detect conflicts and propagate deletions

Binary comparison

Full support for Symbolic Links

Run as a batch job

Multiple folder pairs

Support very long path names > 260 characters

Transactional file copy

Cross-platform: Windows/Linux

Expand environment variables like %USERPROFILE%

Access variable drive letters by volume name (USB sticks)

Native 32 and 64-bit builds

Versioning of deleted files

Optimal sync sequence prevents disc space shortages

Full unicode support

Highly optimized performance

Include/exclude files via filter

Local or portable installation

Handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32

Use macros %time%, %date%, et al. for recurring backups

Case sensitive synchronization

Built-in locking allows for multiple jobs on the same network share

 

How to use it?

• 1. Choose left and right directories.
• 2. "Compare" them.
• 3. Select synchronization settings.
• 4. Press synchronize to begin synchronization.

To install FreeFileSync on Linux Mint 12 “Lisa”:

1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freefilesync/ffs

3.Type your linux mint password if needed.

4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

5.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

6.Then type below command and press enter

sudo apt-get install freefilesync

7.Type y and hit enter to confirm FreeFileSync installation.

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