Synchronize with FTP/WebDAV (Windows)

FreeFileSync does not support accessing FTP volumes directly. But this functionality can be integrated by mapping the FTP web space to a drive letter:

Example: Use the free utility NetDrive (http://www.netdrive.net)

• Add a "New Site" and specify site name, site URL, drive letter, account and password.

• Use the newly created drive as if it were a regular hard disk.

Note:
Most FTP drives set a file's time stamp to the current time when synchronizing ignoring the source file's time and date. As a workaround you can do a "compare by filesize"; see corresponding section.

Synchronize with SFTP (Linux)

An SFTP share can be easily mapped onto a local folder for use with FreeFileSync:

• Install:
  sudo apt-get install sshfs
   

• Mount SFTP share:
  sshfs ssh-account@ssh-server:<path> mountpoint
   

• Unmount:
  fusermount -u mountpoint