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<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Batch Scripting
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows)</SPAN></FONT></H3>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In
order to facilitate using FreeFileSync and RealtimeSync in advanced
synchronization scenarios, creating batch files is a good way to
provide additional functionality. The following section will give
some general hints and examples for custom *.cmd and *.bat files.</FONT></P>
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	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">When
	starting a batch file from RealtimeSync make synchronous calls to
	FreeFileSync only. This will prevent RealtimeSync continue detecting
	changes while synchronization is still in progress.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">During
	execution of a Windows Batch file (*.bat/*.cmd) a black console
	window is shown. You can hide it using the Visual Basic script
	&quot;RunSilent.vbs&quot; located in FreeFileSync's installation
	directory.</FONT></P>
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	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Usage:</B></FONT></P>
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	<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">wscript C:\Program
	files\FreeFileSync\Invisible.vbs C:\MyBatchFile.cmd</FONT></P>
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	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync
	returns with an Errorlevel below zero if unresolved problems remain:</FONT></P>
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	<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">&quot;C:\Program
	Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe&quot;
	&quot;H:\Silent_Config.ffs_batch&quot;<BR>if not errorlevel 0
	(<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::if
	something went wrong, add special treatment here<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">echo
	Errors occurred during synchronization...</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">pause<BR>)</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B>
Shutdown PC after synchronization</FONT></P>
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::start
	FreeFileSync Batch
	Job<BR></B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">&quot;C:\Users\ZenJu\Desktop\SyncJob.ffs_batch&quot;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::schedule
	shutdown after 10 seconds<BR></B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">shutdown
	/s /t 10</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B>
A simple locking facility &ndash; (<SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Note:</B></SPAN>
<I>FreeFileSync already has a more powerful directory locking
mechanism implemented that allows multiple writers in parallel</I>)</FONT></P>
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	<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">:tryAgain<BR>if
	not exist \\share\folder\lock (<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::create
	the lock<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">echo
	This is a lock file &gt; \\share\folder\lock<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::execute
	the synchronization batch job synchronously<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">&quot;C:\Program
	Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe&quot;
	&quot;C:\MySyncJob.ffs_batch&quot;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;del
	\\share\folder\lock<BR>) else (<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::wait
	5 seconds then try starting sync again:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">choice
	/C:AB /T:5 /D:A &gt; NUL<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;goto tryAgain<BR>)</FONT></FONT></P>
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