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author | Daniel Wilhelm <daniel@wili.li> | 2014-04-18 17:07:15 +0200 |
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committer | Daniel Wilhelm <daniel@wili.li> | 2014-04-18 17:07:15 +0200 |
commit | 8318453bf9d4fd50b137ff6c6fc8d1fd22aa6395 (patch) | |
tree | 975c6e590c31e56007006a23e7b15d0245d75b08 /BUILD/Help/html/advanced/SymbolicLinks.html | |
parent | 3.6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/advanced/SymbolicLinks.html b/BUILD/Help/html/advanced/SymbolicLinks.html index b85c6bbd..fc385f8f 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/advanced/SymbolicLinks.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/advanced/SymbolicLinks.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <TITLE></TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 3.0 (Win32)"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20091206;16574000"> - <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20091213;19145800"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20100420;21220800"> <META NAME="Info 1" CONTENT=""> <META NAME="Info 2" CONTENT=""> <META NAME="Info 3" CONTENT=""> @@ -28,46 +28,67 @@ Linux)</SPAN></FONT></H3> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync -offers the following two advanced options contained in each -*.ffs_gui/*.ffs_batch file to configure processing of Symbolic Links -(also called Symlinks or Soft Links):</FONT></P> +offers three advanced options to configure processing of Symbolic +Links (also called Symlinks or Soft Links). They can be configured +directly within a *.ffs_gui/ffs_batch file via a text editor. Only +the first option is presented on GUI:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Default -Settings (View and edit these in the text editor of your choice):</FONT></P> -<UL> - <P><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.14cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <UL> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-right: 0.98cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><CopyFileSymlinks>true</CopyFileSymlinks><BR><TraverseDirectorySymlinks>false</TraverseDirectorySymlinks></FONT></P> - </UL> +<OL> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-right: 0.98cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen7" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.14cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-right: 0.98cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><IncludeSymlinks> false </IncludeSymlinks><BR><TraverseDirectorySymlinks>true </TraverseDirectorySymlinks><BR><CopyFileSymlinks> false </CopyFileSymlinks></FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT> </P> +</OL> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> +</P> +<UL> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Enable + "<I>Include Symbolic Links</I>" in order to process + Symbolic Links at all, i.e. add them to the file and directory + listing.<BR></FONT> </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>Traverse + Directory Links</I>" specifies handling of Symbolic Links to + directories:<BR>If this option is enabled, they are traversed like + ordinary directories during comparison. When synchronizing, the + target of the Symbolic Link will be copied. If disabled, Symbolic + Links are not traversed. During synchronization, copying them + results in a copy of the Symbolic Link.<BR></FONT> </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>Copy + File Links</I>" defines the behavior for copying Symbolic Links + pointing to files:<BR>If checked, the Symbolic Link itself will be + copied. If unchecked, the target of the Link will be copied instead.</FONT></P> </UL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>CopyFileSymlinks</I>" -defines the behavior for copying Symbolic Links pointing to files:</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If -set to <I>true</I> it copies the Symbolik Link to its destination.<BR>If -set to <I>false</I> the target of the link, in this case a file, is -being copied instead.</FONT></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">On GUI +only the first option is available for configuration, while "<I>Traverse +Directory Links</I>" is implicitly enabled and </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>Copy +File Links</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" disabled.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>TraverseDirectorySymlinks</I>" -specifies handling of Symbolic Links to directories:</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If -<I>true</I>, they are being traversed like regular directories during -comparison and are copied as if they were regular directories (i.e. -not as Symbolic Links) during synchronization.<BR>If <I>false</I> is -selected, these Symbolic Links are not traversed at all. During -synchronization copying them results in a direct copy of the Symbolic -Link, not the target directory.</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.14cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="CmpSettings.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=292 HEIGHT=225 BORDER=0></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> +</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.46cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.14cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-right: 0.98cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note:</B><BR>As the link's - content is not parsed by FreeFileSync, this usually only makes sense - when you use relative paths within your Symolic Links.</FONT></P> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note:</B></FONT></P> + <UL> + <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In + the Windows build the options described above always apply to + </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>"Reparse Points"</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">. + Reparse Points are a more general concept including for example + Symbolic Links, Junctions and Mount Points. The term </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>"Symbolic + Link" </I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">has + been retained nevertheless for harmonization with Linux.</SPAN></FONT></P> + <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Creating + or copying Symbolic Links requires the application to be started + with Administrator rights.</FONT></P> + </UL> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> +</P> </BODY> </HTML>
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