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diff --git a/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhc b/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhc index d3c318d1..1902cb14 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhc +++ b/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhc @@ -20,44 +20,44 @@ <param name="Local" value="html\FreeFileSync.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Command line"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Command line.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Command Line Usage"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Command Line.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Comparison settings"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Comparison settings.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Comparison Settings"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Comparison Settings.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Daylight saving time"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Daylight saving time.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Daylight Saving Time"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Daylight Saving Time.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Exclude items"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Exclude items.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Exclude Items"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Exclude Items.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Expert settings"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Expert settings.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Expert Settings"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Expert Settings.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="External applications"> - <param name="Local" value="html\External applications.html"> + <param name="Name" value="External Applications"> + <param name="Local" value="html\External Applications.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> <param name="Name" value="Macros"> <param name="Local" value="html\Macros.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Schedule a batch job"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Schedule a batch job.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Schedule a Batch Job"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Schedule a Batch Job.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> <param name="Name" value="Synchronize with FTP"> <param name="Local" value="html\Synchronize with FTP.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Variable drive letters"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Variable drive letters.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Variable Drive Letters"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Variable Drive Letters.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> <param name="Name" value="Versioning"> @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ <param name="Local" value="html\RealtimeSync.html"> </OBJECT> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> - <param name="Name" value="Run as service"> - <param name="Local" value="html\Run as service.html"> + <param name="Name" value="Run as Service"> + <param name="Local" value="html\Run as Service.html"> </OBJECT> </UL> <LI> <OBJECT type="text/sitemap"> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhp b/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhp index 713fab68..a9f19ebc 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhp +++ b/BUILD/Help/FreeFileSync.hhp @@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ Title=FreeFileSync - Help [FILES] html\FreeFileSync.html html\Versioning.html -html\Command line.html -html\Expert settings.html -html\Comparison settings.html -html\Daylight Saving time.html -html\Exclude items.html -html\External applications.html +html\Command Line.html +html\Expert Settings.html +html\Comparison Settings.html +html\Daylight Saving Time.html +html\Exclude Items.html +html\External Applications.html html\Macros.html -html\Schedule a batch job.html +html\Schedule a Batch Job.html html\Synchronize with FTP.html -html\Variable drive letters.html +html\Variable Drive Letters.html html\Volume Shadow Copy.html html\RealtimeSync.html -html\Run as service.html +html\Run as Service.html html\Links.html [INFOTYPES] diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Batch Scripting.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Batch Scripting.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6a3ce4b8..00000000 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Batch Scripting.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> -<HTML> -<HEAD> - <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> - <TITLE></TITLE> - <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (Win32)"> - <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20091206;16574000"> - <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20130206;19571611"> - <META NAME="Info 1" CONTENT=""> - <META NAME="Info 2" CONTENT=""> - <META NAME="Info 3" CONTENT=""> - <META NAME="Info 4" CONTENT=""> - <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> - <!-- - @page { margin: 2cm } - P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } - H2.cjk { font-family: "SimSun" } - H2.ctl { font-family: "Mangal" } - --> - </STYLE> -</HEAD> -<BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Batch -scripting</FONT></FONT></H2> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync -can be called from command line and supports integration into batch -scripts. This section gives some general hints and examples for -Windows <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.cmd</FONT> and <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.bat</FONT> -scripts.</FONT></P> - -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">When -FreeFileSync is started in batch mode (a <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch</FONT> -file is passed as argument) it returns one of the following status -codes:</FONT></P> - -<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen6" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Return - Codes</B></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><BR>0 - - Synchronization completed successfully<BR>1 - Synchronization - completed with warnings<BR>2 - Synchronization completed with - errors<BR>3 - Synchronization was aborted</SPAN></FONT> </P> -</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> -</P> - -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Now -you can check if synchronization was successful from a script:</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen6" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program - Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "H:\some - folder\SyncJob.ffs_batch"<BR>if errorlevel 1 (<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::if - return code is 1 or greater, something went wrong, add special - treatment here<BR> </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> </B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">pause<BR>)</FONT></FONT></P> -</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Instead -of displaying "An error occurred!" you can also send an -email notification (using a third party tool).</FONT> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen3" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Attention<BR></B>Make sure your - script is not blocked by a popup dialog. Consider the following - options when setting up a FreeFileSync batch job:</FONT></P> - <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Disable - checkbox <SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Show progress dialog</B></SPAN> - or have <B>On completion</B> automatically close the results dialog - after synchronization.</FONT></P> - <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Set - e</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">rror - handling</SPAN></SPAN></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">to - </SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Exit - instantly</B></SPAN></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">or - </SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Ignore - errors</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">.</SPAN></FONT></P> -</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> -</BODY> -</HTML>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Command line.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Command line.html index 3768d036..56d6ce13 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Command line.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Command line.html @@ -20,25 +20,23 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Command -line</FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Command Line Usage</FONT></FONT></H2> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync enables additional synchronization scenarios via a command line interface. To get a syntax overview, open the console, go to the directory where FreeFileSync is installed and type:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen4" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">FreeFileSync - -h</FONT></FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">FreeFileSync + -h</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>1. Run a FreeFileSync batch job</B></FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In order to start synchronization in batch mode, supply the path of a -<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch</FONT> -configuration as the first argument for FreeFileSync.exe:</FONT></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In order to start synchronization in batch mode, supply the path of a ffs_batch +configuration file as the first argument for FreeFileSync.exe:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">FreeFileSync - "D:\Backup </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Projects</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">.ffs_batch"</FONT></FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">FreeFileSync + "D:\Backup Projects.ffs_batch"</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">After @@ -52,18 +50,18 @@ synchronization one of the following status codes is returned:</FONT></P> </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You -can evaluate these codes from a script (e.g. a <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.cmd</FONT> -or <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.bat</FONT> file on Windows) +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> +You can evaluate these codes from a script (e.g. a cmd or bat file on Windows) and check if synchronization completed successfully:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen6" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program - Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "D:\Backup - </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Projects</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">.ffs_batch"<BR>if - errorlevel 1 (<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::if - return code is 1 or greater, something went wrong, add special - treatment here<BR> </B></I></FONT></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><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></SPAN><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B><BR> </B></I></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">pause<BR>)</FONT></FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program + Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "D:\Backup Projects.ffs_batch"<BR> + if errorlevel 1 (<BR> + <FONT COLOR="#808080"><I><B>::if return code is 1 or greater, something went wrong, add special treatment here<BR> + </B></I></FONT>echo Errors occurred during synchronization...<BR> + pause<BR> + )</FONT> + </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Instead @@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ email notification (using a third party tool).</FONT> </P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Set error handling to <B>Exit instantly</B> or <B>Ignore errors</B>.</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Set error handling to <B>Stop</B> or <B>Ignore</B>.</FONT> </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> @@ -97,22 +95,16 @@ email notification (using a third party tool).</FONT> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>2. Start a FreeFileSync GUI configuration</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If you -pass a <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_gui</FONT> -file, FreeFileSync will start in GUI mode and immediately start -comparison (but only if all directories exist):</FONT></P> +pass a ffs_gui file, FreeFileSync will start in GUI mode and immediately start comparison (but only if all directories exist):</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">FreeFileSync - "D:\Manual Backup.ffs_gui"</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">FreeFileSync "D:\Manual Backup.ffs_gui"</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>3. Customize an existing configuration</B></FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can -replace the directories of a given <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_gui -</FONT>or <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch -</FONT>configuration by using the <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">-leftdir</FONT> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can replace the directories of a given ffs_gui or ffs_batch configuration file by using the <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">-leftdir</FONT> and <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">-rightdir</FONT> parameters:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen5" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> @@ -121,8 +113,7 @@ and <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">-rightdir</FONT> parameters:</FONT></P> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>4. -Merge multiple configurations</B></FONT></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>4. Merge multiple configurations</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">When more than one configuration file is provided, FreeFileSync will merge everything into a single configuration with multiple folder pairs and diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Comparison Settings.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Comparison Settings.html index af17c5c3..132cb15e 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Comparison Settings.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Comparison Settings.html @@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Comparison -settings</FONT></FONT></H2> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/CmpSettings.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=219 HEIGHT=267 BORDER=0></P> -<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">I. -Compare by "File time and size"</FONT></H3> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Comparison Settings</FONT></FONT></H2> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/CmpSettings.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> +<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">I. Compare by <i>File time and size</i></FONT></H3> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">This variant considers two files with the same name as equal when both modification time <B>and</B> file size match. The following @@ -66,8 +64,7 @@ categories are distinguished:</FONT></P> </OL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> -<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">II. -Compare by "File content"</FONT></H3> +<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">II. Compare by <i>File content</i></FONT></H3> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Two files with the same name are marked as equal if and only if they have the same content. This option is more useful for consistency checks @@ -96,10 +93,8 @@ modification time is not taken into account at all.</FONT></P> </OL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> -<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Symbolic link -handling</FONT></H3> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> +<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Symbolic Link Handling</FONT></H3> +<BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync offers three options to configure handling of symbolic links (also called symlinks or soft links):</FONT></P> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Daylight Saving Time.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Daylight Saving Time.html index 126ab928..8cc5601c 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Daylight Saving Time.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Daylight Saving Time.html @@ -20,27 +20,26 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">Daylight -saving time </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">Daylight Saving Time </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H2> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">A -common problem synchronization software has to deal with are +-1 hour +common problem synchronization software has to handle are +-1 hour file time shifts after a Daylight Saving Time (DST) switch has occurred. This can be observed for example when a FAT-formatted -volume is compared against an NTFS volume as frequently happens with -USB memory sticks. Files that previously appeared to be in sync are -now shown with a one hour modification time offset, although they -have not been modified by the user or by other means.</FONT></P> +volume is compared against an NTFS volume as is the case when synchronizing a local disk against a +USB memory stick. Files that previously appeared to be in sync are +now shown with an one hour modification time offset, although they +have not been modified by the user or the operating system.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The -reason for this strange behavior lies in the way NTFS and FAT drives +reason for this behavior lies in the way NTFS and FAT drives store file times: NTFS stores time in UTC format, while FAT uses local time.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">When -times stored in these two different formats are compared, one format -has to be converted into the other first. In both cases Windows uses -the current DST status as well as current time zone information for +times of these two different formats are compared, one format +has to be converted into the other first. In either way Windows uses +the current DST status as well as the current time zone for its calculations. Consequently the result of this comparison is dependent from current system settings and in particular file times -that used to be the same can show up as different after a DST switch.</FONT></P> +that used to be the same can show up as different after a DST switch or when the time zone is changed.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">For a @@ -49,8 +48,8 @@ detailed discussion about this issue refer to: <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Solution:</B></FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Luckily -FreeFileSync users need not to worry about this issue. Each file on a +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> +FreeFileSync automatically handles this problem by adding the missing time information. Each file on a FAT volume automatically gets additional meta data encoded in its creation date that enables a correct file time calculation. This not only solves all DST issues but also time shifts that occur due to @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ travel between different time zones.</FONT></P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In order for FreeFileSync to start handling DST and timezone differences, an initial full synchronization is required. - Subsequent syncs will never show a time difference again.</FONT></P> + Subsequent syncs will then never show a time difference again for unchanged files.</FONT></P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If a FAT volume is scanned the first time by FreeFileSync this will take longer than usual since diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Exclude Items.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Exclude Items.html index 22d46b78..d14055fd 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Exclude Items.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Exclude Items.html @@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Exclude -items</FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Exclude Items</FONT></FONT></H2> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Files and directories are only considered for synchronization if they pass -the filter. They have to match <B>at least one</B> entry in the +all filter rules. They have to match <B>at least one</B> entry in the include list and <B>none</B> of the entries in the exclude list:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> @@ -41,9 +40,8 @@ include list and <B>none</B> of the entries in the exclude list:</FONT></P> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B></FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Exclude items for mirror-sync from -</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Source</FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">to -</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">D:\Target</FONT></P> +<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Exclude items for mirror-sync from <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Source</FONT> to <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">D:\Target</FONT></FONT> +</P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <TABLE DIR="LTR" WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> @@ -67,16 +65,15 @@ include list and <B>none</B> of the entries in the exclude list:</FONT></P> <TR> <TD WIDTH=65% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Single folder - <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Source\subfolder</FONT></FONT></P> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Source\SubFolder</FONT></FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=35% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0.05cm; padding-right: 0cm"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\subfolder\</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\SubFolder\</FONT></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=65% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">All files (and - folders) named <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">thumbs.db</FONT> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">All files (and folders) named <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">thumbs.db</FONT> </FONT> </P> </TD> @@ -86,19 +83,15 @@ include list and <B>none</B> of the entries in the exclude list:</FONT></P> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=65% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">All <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.tmp</FONT> - files located in <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">subfolder</FONT> - only</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">All <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.tmp</FONT> files located in <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">SubFolder</FONT> only</FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=35% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0.05cm; padding-right: 0cm"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\subfolder\*.tmp</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\SubFolder\*.tmp</FONT></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=65% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Files and folders - containing <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">temp</FONT> - somewhere in their path</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Files and folders containing <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">temp</FONT> somewhere in their path</FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=35% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.05cm; padding-left: 0.05cm; padding-right: 0cm"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*temp*</FONT></P> @@ -124,8 +117,7 @@ include list and <B>none</B> of the entries in the exclude list:</FONT></P> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=65% STYLE="border: none; padding: 0cm"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Exclude only *.txt files -located in subdirectories of base directories</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Exclude only <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.txt</FONT> files located in subdirectories of base directories</FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=35% STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.05cm; padding-right: 0cm"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\*\*.txt</FONT></P> @@ -137,7 +129,7 @@ located in subdirectories of base directories</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> - +<BR> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen4" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B></FONT></P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">For @@ -146,7 +138,7 @@ located in subdirectories of base directories</FONT></P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">A filter phrase is compared against both file and directory paths. If you want to consider directories - only, you can give a hint by appending a path separator (<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>\</B></FONT>).</FONT></P> + only, you can give a hint by appending a path separator (<B>\</B>).</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Expert settings.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Expert settings.html index 32064162..b0ffb459 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Expert settings.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Expert settings.html @@ -21,25 +21,25 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Expert -settings</FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Expert Settings</FONT></FONT></H2> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync has a number of special purpose settings that can only be accessed -directly via the global configuration file "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">GlobalSettings.xml</FONT>". -To locate this file enter "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">%appdata%\FreeFileSync</FONT>" -in the Windows Explorer address bar or go to the FreeFileSync +directly via the global configuration file <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">GlobalSettings.xml</FONT>. +To locate this file enter <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">%appdata%\FreeFileSync</FONT> in the Windows Explorer address bar or go to the FreeFileSync installation folder if you are using the portable installation.</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen6" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><?xml - version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><BR><FreeFileSync - XmlType="GLOBAL"><BR> <Shared><BR> <<B>FileTimeTolerance</B> - Seconds="2"/><BR> <<B>RunWithBackgroundPriority</B> - Enabled="false"/><BR> <<B>LockDirectoriesDuringSync</B> - Enabled="true"/><BR> <<B>VerifyCopiedFiles</B> - Enabled="false"/><BR> <<B>LastSyncsLogSizeMax</B> - Bytes="100000"/></FONT></P> + +<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen6" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"> + <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><BR> + <FreeFileSync XmlType="GLOBAL"><BR> + <Shared><BR> + <<B>FileTimeTolerance</B> Seconds="2"/><BR> + <<B>RunWithBackgroundPriority</B> Enabled="false"/><BR> + <<B>LockDirectoriesDuringSync</B> Enabled="true"/><BR> + <<B>VerifyCopiedFiles</B> Enabled="false"/><BR> + <<B>LastSyncsLogSizeMax</B> Bytes="100000"/> + </FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ significantly slower synchronization speed.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>LockDirectoriesDuringSync:</B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In order to avoid race conditions of multiple FreeFileSync instances writing to the same folder at the same time, accesses are serialized -by lock files ("</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">sync.ffs_lock</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"). +by lock files (<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">sync.ffs_lock</FONT>). This allows to operate FreeFileSync with an arbitrary number of users in a network out of the box.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ destination successfully?</FONT></A></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>LastSyncsLogSizeMax:<BR></B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The -progress logs of the most recent synchronizations (for both GUI and -batch jobs) are collected automatically in the file "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">LastSyncs.log</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">". +progress logs of the most recent synchronizations (for both GUI and batch jobs) are collected automatically in the file <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">LastSyncs.log</FONT>. The maximum size of this log file can be set here.</FONT></P> </BODY> </HTML>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/External Applications.html b/BUILD/Help/html/External Applications.html index 74e5fd0a..e4ccdbaf 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/External Applications.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/External Applications.html @@ -20,33 +20,25 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">External -applications</FONT></FONT></H2> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">By -default FreeFileSync opens the operating system's file browser on -each mouse double-click by invoking "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">explorer -/select, "%item_path%"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" -on Windows and "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">xdg-open -"%item_folder%"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" -on Linux.</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">However -you may integrate other external applications into FreeFileSync: -navigate to </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Menu -→ Advanced → Global settings: External Applications</B></SPAN></FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">and add or replace a command. The -first entry is executed when double-clicking a row or pressing ENTER -on main grid while all other entries can only be accessed via the -context menu shown after a right-click. The following internal macros -are available:</FONT></P> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">External Applications</FONT></FONT></H2> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> +When you double-click on one of the rows on the main dialog, FreeFileSync opens the operating system's file browser by default. On Windows it calls <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">explorer /select, "%item_path%"</FONT>, on Linux <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">xdg-open "%item_folder%"</FONT> and on OS X <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">open -R "%item_path%"</FONT>. +</FONT> +</P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can customize this behavior and integrate other external applications into FreeFileSync: +Navigate to </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Menu +→ Tools → Global settings: Customize context menu</B></SPAN></FONT> +<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">and add or replace a command. The first entry is executed when double-clicking a row on main grid or pressing ENTER while all other entries can be accessed via the +context menu shown after a right mouse click. The following macros +can be used:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen3" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">%item_path% - - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">full file or folder - name</FONT><BR>%item_folder% - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">folder - part only</FONT><BR>%item2_path% - - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Counterpart of %item_path% on the - opposite grid</FONT><BR>%item2_folder% - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Counterpart - of %item_folder% on the opposite grid</FONT></FONT></P> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"> + %item_path% - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">full file or folder name</FONT><BR> + %item_folder% - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">folder part only</FONT><BR> + %item2_path% - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Counterpart of %item_path% on the opposite grid</FONT><BR> + %item2_folder% - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Counterpart of %item_folder% on the opposite grid</FONT> + </FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> @@ -57,21 +49,15 @@ are available:</FONT></P> visual difference tool:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program Files\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe" "%item_path%" "%item2_path%"<BR> </FONT></FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Show - file in Windows Explorer:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">explorer + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Show file in Windows Explorer:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">explorer /select, "%item_path%"<BR> </FONT></FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open - file in associated application:</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cmd - /c start "" "%item_path%" </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">or - simply</FONT> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"%item_path%"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><BR> </FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open - console dialog:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cmd /k cd /D - "%item_folder%"<BR> </FONT></FONT></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open file in associated application:</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cmd + /c start "" "%item_path%" </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">or simply</FONT> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"%item_path%"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><BR> </FONT></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open console dialog:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cmd /k cd /D "%item_folder%"<BR> </FONT></FONT></P> </UL> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B><BR>Don't forget to use - quotation marks if file names contain spaces!</FONT></P> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B><BR>You need to protect macros with quotation marks if they can resolve to a file path with space characters.</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> </BODY> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/FreeFileSync.html b/BUILD/Help/html/FreeFileSync.html index e22a47c0..2812f282 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/FreeFileSync.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/FreeFileSync.html @@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ Comparison and Synchronization</SPAN></I></FONT></H3> <H3 CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT>Usage:</H3> <OL> <LI VALUE=1><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Choose - left and right directories.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/SourceTarget.png" NAME="Grafik4" ALIGN=TEXTTOP WIDTH=426 HEIGHT=50 BORDER=0></P> + left and right directories.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/SourceTarget.png" NAME="Grafik4" ALIGN=TEXTTOP BORDER=0></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Compare</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> - them.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/CompareButton.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=178 HEIGHT=44 BORDER=0></P> + them.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/CompareButton.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Select - synchronization settings.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/SyncConfigButton.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=44 HEIGHT=44 BORDER=0></P> + synchronization settings.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/SyncConfigButton.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Press </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Synchronize</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> - to begin synchronization.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/SynchronizeButton.png" NAME="Grafik2" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=178 HEIGHT=44 BORDER=0></P> + to begin synchronization.<BR></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/SynchronizeButton.png" NAME="Grafik2" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> </OL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0.07cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm"> <BR> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Comparison and Synchronization</SPAN></I></FONT></H3> <H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Main Dialog Overview</FONT></H3> <OL> - <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/MainDialog.png" NAME="Grafik5" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=671 HEIGHT=428 BORDER=0></P> + <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/MainDialog.png" NAME="Grafik5" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> </OL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Macros.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Macros.html index c93b2373..d9d34a65 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Macros.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Macros.html @@ -107,34 +107,26 @@ E.g. <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">csidl_MyMusic</FONT> → </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Hint:</B></FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can -add a great amount of flexibility to batch synchronization -(*.ffs_batch) by creating new temporary environment variables in a -*.bat/*.cmd file that are evaluated by FreeFileSync at runtime!</FONT></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can add a great amount of flexibility to a ffs_batch configuration file + by creating new temporary environment variables in a bat or cmd file that are evaluated by FreeFileSync at runtime.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B> -The FreeFileSync batch file <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch -</FONT>contains macro <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">%MyVar% -</FONT>instead of an absolute target folder and is invoked by a *.cmd -file:</FONT></P> +The FreeFileSync batch file <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch</FONT> contains macro <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">%MyVar%</FONT> instead of an absolute target folder and is invoked by a cmd file:</FONT> +</P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen5" 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-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">set - MyVar=C:\Target<BR>"C:\Program - files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" - C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><B>::%MyVar% - is resolved as C:\Target during synchronization</B></I></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">set + MyVar=C:\Target<BR>"C:\Program files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch<BR> + <FONT COLOR="#808080"><I><B>::%MyVar% is resolved as C:\Target during synchronization</B></I></FONT></FONT> +</P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P><SPAN ID="Rahmen3" 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-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B><BR>Temporary - environment variables created with the "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">set</FONT>" - command are only valid if the batch job is started by calling the - executable directly! Using "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">start - /wait</FONT>" or relying on Shell Execute creates a new - program context without these temporal variables.</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B><BR> + Temporary environment variables created with the <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">set</FONT> command are only valid if the synchronization is started by calling the + FreeFileSync executable directly. Using <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">start /wait</FONT> creates a new program context without these temporal variables.</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT> </P> </BODY> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/RealtimeSync.html b/BUILD/Help/html/RealtimeSync.html index d765c818..e9eae9cf 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/RealtimeSync.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/RealtimeSync.html @@ -22,117 +22,110 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H3 CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="../img/RTS_logo.png" NAME="Grafik6" ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE WIDTH=269 HEIGHT=59 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><I><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Automated -Synchronization</SPAN></I></FONT></H3> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">RealtimeSync -is a small tool which executes a command line each time it detects -changes in one of the monitored directories </FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>or</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">a directory becomes available (e. g. -insert of a USB-stick). Usually this command line will simply trigger +<H3 CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="../img/RTS_logo.png" NAME="Grafik6" ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE WIDTH=269 HEIGHT=59 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><I><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Automated Synchronization</SPAN></I></FONT></H3> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> +The primary purpose of RealtimeSync is to execute a command line each time a directory becomes +available (e. g. insert of a USB-stick) <b>or</b> when it detects changes in one of the monitored directories. Usually this command line will trigger a FreeFileSync batch job.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Real time synchronization - in combination with FreeFileSync</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Start -RealtimeSync.exe located in FreeFileSync's installation directory. -Then specify all folders that shall be monitored. Instead of doing -this manually you can import a </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch</FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">file via </FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Menu -→ Program → Open</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">. -This not only extracts all directories relevant for synchronization -but also sets up the command line to execute the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch</FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">file each time changes are detected. -Now press </FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Start</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">to begin monitoring.</FONT></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Start RealtimeSync.exe located in FreeFileSync's installation directory and +enter all folders you want to monitor. Instead of doing this manually you can import a ffs_batch +file via <B>Menu → Program → Open</B>. This not only extracts all directories relevant for synchronization +but also sets up the command line to execute the ffs_batch file each time changes are detected. +Now press <B>Start</B> to begin monitoring.</FONT></P> <UL> - <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/RealtimeSync.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=461 HEIGHT=388 BORDER=0></P> + <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/RealtimeSync.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=MIDDLE BORDER=0></P> </UL> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> -<SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B></FONT></P> +<BR> + +<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + <B>Note</B></FONT></P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The command should </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>not</B></FONT> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>block</B></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">progress. - Make sure the FreeFileSync batch job does not show any popup - dialogs. See notes in <A HREF="Batch%20scripting.html">Batch - Scripting</A>.</FONT><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><BR> </FONT></SPAN></P> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>block</B></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">progress. If you call a FreeFileSync batch job, make sure it does not show any popup + windows. See notes in <A HREF="Command%20line.html">Command Line Usage</A>.</FONT><BR> </P> - <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The - settings dialog can be skipped by passing a RealtimeSync - configuration file (<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_real</FONT>) - <B>or</B> a FreeFileSync batch file (<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch</FONT>) - as first command line argument to RealtimeSync.exe. This can be - integrated into the operating system's auto start - facility:<BR> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program - Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">D</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">:\</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Backup - Projects</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">.ffs_real"<BR></FONT> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program - Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">D</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">:\</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Backup - Projects</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">.ffs_batch"</FONT><BR> </FONT></P> + <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + RealtimeSync will skip showing the main dialog and begin monitoring immediately if you pass a ffs_real configuration file <B>or</B> a FreeFileSync ffs_batch file + as first command line argument to RealtimeSync.exe. This helps you integrate RealtimeSync into your operating system's auto start:<BR> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "D:\Backup Projects.ffs_real"</FONT><BR> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "D:\Backup Projects.ffs_batch"</FONT><BR> + </FONT> + </P> - <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Using - RealtimeSync is not restricted to starting FreeFileSync. It can - also be used in other scenarios, like sending an email whenever a - certain directory is modified.</FONT></P> -</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> - -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> + <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + RealtimeSync is not tied to starting FreeFileSync. It can also be used in other scenarios, like sending an email whenever a certain directory is modified.</FONT></P> +</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT> </P> + +<BR> +<BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B></FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Automatic synchronization when USB +<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Automatic synchronization when a USB stick is inserted</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Save a -ffs_batch configuration into the USB stick's root directory and have -it called when the stick is mounted. Then configure RealtimeSync as -shown in the following:</FONT></P> +ffs_batch configuration in the USB stick's root directory, e.g. <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">H:\</FONT>, to let RealtimeSync call it when the stick is mounted. Configure RealtimeSync as follows:</FONT></P> <UL> - <P><IMG SRC="../img/WatchUsbInsert.png" NAME="Grafik2" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=437 HEIGHT=362 BORDER=0></P> + <P><IMG SRC="../img/WatchUsbInsert.png" NAME="Grafik2" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0> + <BR></P> </UL> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Whenever -directory "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">H:\Data</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" -becomes available, the command line executes and starts the batch job -on the stick. Additionally it also starts the batch job each time -files are modified in "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">H:\Data</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">". -</FONT> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> + +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Whenever directory <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">H:\Data</FONT> becomes available, RealtimeSync executes the command line which starts the batch job located +on the stick. RealtimeSync will also trigger each time files are modified in <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">H:\Data</FONT>.</FONT> </P> +<BR> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note<BR></B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The - full path of the last changed file and the action that triggered the - change notification (create, update or delete) are </FONT><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">written - to the environment variables </FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>%change_path%</B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"> - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">and - </FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>%change_action%</B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">.</FONT></SPAN></P> -</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + <B>Note</B><BR> + The full path of the last changed file and the action that triggered the + change notification (create, update or delete) are written + to the environment variables <B>%change_path%</B> and <B>%change_action%</B>. + </FONT> + </P> +</SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B></FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Show names of changed files or -directories. (Windows)</FONT></P> +<BR> +<BR> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B> +Log names of changed files and directories (Windows)</FONT></P> + <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen4" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Show - which file or directory has triggered a change. Enter command - line:</FONT><BR> cmd /c echo %change_action% - "%change_path%" & pause<BR><BR><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Write - a list of all changes to a logfile:</FONT><BR> cmd - /c echo %change_action% "%change_path%" >> - c:\log.txt</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Show which file or directory has triggered a change. Enter command + line:</FONT><BR> + + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"> + cmd /c echo %change_action% + "%change_path%" & pause<BR><BR> + </FONT> + + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Write a list of all changes to a log file:</FONT><BR> + + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"> + cmd /c echo %change_action% "%change_path%" >> C:\log.txt + </FONT> + </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> + <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen5" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note<BR></B></FONT><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 - "HideConsole.vbs" located in FreeFileSync's installation - directory:</FONT></P> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>wscript - "C:\Program files\FreeFileSync\HideConsole.vbs" - C:\MyBatchFile.cmd</B></FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + <b>Note</b><br> + When RealtimeSync executes a Windows batch file (bat or cmd) a black console window is shown. You can hide it using the Visual Basic script + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">HideConsole.vbs</FONT> located in FreeFileSync's installation directory: + </FONT><br><br> + + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">wscript "C:\Program files\FreeFileSync\HideConsole.vbs" C:\MyBatchFile.cmd</FONT> + </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> @@ -141,7 +134,8 @@ directories. (Windows)</FONT></P> <UL> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If multiple changes happen at the same time, only the name of the first - file is written to variable "changed_file".</FONT></P> + file is written to variable <b>%changed_file%</b>.</FONT></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">While RealtimeSync is executing the command line, monitoring is inactive and changes occurring during this time are lost. </FONT> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Run as Service.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Run as Service.html index d04d8115..39ee6ba6 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Run as Service.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Run as Service.html @@ -20,46 +20,38 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Run -as service <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></H2> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">RealtimeSync -is designed as a background process which does not need further -attention once it is running. Depending on your requirements there -are a number of ways to start it together with the operating system. -Generally the goal is to execute a command line like the following: -</FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal"><installation -folder>\RealtimeSync.exe <path to *.ffs_real or *.ffs_batch -file></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Run as Service <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></H2> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + RealtimeSync is designed to run as a background process which does not need further + attention. Depending on your requirements there are a number of ways you can start it automatically. + Generally the goal is to execute a command line like:</FONT><br> + <br> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FreeFileSync installation folder>\RealtimeSync.exe <path to *.ffs_real or *.ffs_batch file></FONT> </P> + +<BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B></FONT></P> <UL> <P><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"C:\Program - Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">D</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">:\</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Backup - Projects</SPAN></FONT></FONT>.ffs_real"</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"> + "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "D:\Backup Projects.ffs_real"</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT> </P> </UL> -<P><BR><BR> -</P> +<BR><BR> <OL> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">RealtimeSync - should be monitoring only while a specific user is logged in: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Create - a new shortcut, enter the command line from above as target and - place it into the user's autostart folder.</FONT></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + RealtimeSync should be monitoring only while a specific user is logged in: Create + a new shortcut, enter the command line from above as target and place it into the user's autostart folder.</FONT></P> + <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/create_shortcut.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/shortcut_properties.png" NAME="Grafik4" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">RealtimeSync - should be monitoring while Windows is online irrespective of - currently logged in users: Create a new task in your operating - systems's task scheduler and have it execute the command line above - when the system starts. See <A HREF="Schedule%20a%20batch%20job.html">Schedule - a Batch Job</A> for an example how to add a new task. Then change - the user to run the task to </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>SYSTEM</B></FONT> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">- a special user account always - running in the background.</FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">RealtimeSync should be monitoring while Windows is running irrespective of + currently logged in users: Create a new task in your operating systems's task scheduler and have it execute the command line above + when the system starts. See <A HREF="Schedule%20a%20batch%20job.html">Schedule a Batch Job</A> for an example how to add a task. Then change + the user which runs the task to <B>SYSTEM</B> - a special user account always running in the background.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/schedule_realtimesync.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> </OL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Schedule a Batch Job.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Schedule a Batch Job.html index 76393187..dbd3fc2a 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Schedule a Batch Job.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Schedule a Batch Job.html @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="de-DE" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Schedule -a batch job</FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Schedule a Batch Job</FONT></FONT></H2> <OL> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Create a new batch job via FreeFileSync's main dialog: </FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Menu @@ -27,19 +26,26 @@ a batch job</FONT></FONT></H2> unattended batch script, make sure that no popup dialog stops the progress:<BR>Disable checkbox <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Show progress dialog</B></SPAN></SPAN> to avoid blocking while showing - the result after synchronization. Alternatively you can select the - "On completion" action <B>Close progress dialog</B> - located in synchronization settings.<BR><B>Note:</B> Even if the - progress dialog is not shown at the beginning, a user can make it + the result after synchronization. Alternatively you can leave this option checked and select the <i>On completion</i> action <B>Close progress dialog</B> + located in synchronization settings. FreeFileSync will then show a progress dialog but close it automatically when it is finished.<BR> + <br> + <B>Note:</B> Even if the + progress dialog is not shown at the beginning, you can make it visible <B>during</B> synchronization by double-clicking the - FreeFileSync systray icon.<BR><IMG SRC="../img/SetupBatch.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=660 HEIGHT=263 BORDER=0></FONT></P> - <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </P> + FreeFileSync notification area icon.<BR> + <BR> + <IMG SRC="../img/SetupBatch.png" NAME="Grafik3" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0> + <br><br> + </FONT> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In order to prevent error or warning popup messages from stopping - progress, set <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Error - handling</B></SPAN></SPAN> to either <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Ignore</B></SPAN></SPAN> - or <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Exit</B></SPAN></SPAN>.</FONT></P> - <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </P> + progress, set <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Handle errors</B></SPAN></SPAN> to either <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Ignore</B></SPAN></SPAN> + or <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Stop</B></SPAN></SPAN>.</FONT> + <br><br> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Setup your operating system's scheduler</FONT></P> </OL> @@ -48,59 +54,63 @@ a batch job</FONT></FONT></H2> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Windows 7 Task Scheduler:</B></FONT></P> <UL> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Go - to Start and run</SPAN></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=3><B>taskschd.msc</B></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Create - a new basic task and follow the wizard.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Make - <B>Program/script</B> point to the location of FreeFileSync.exe - and insert the <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">*.ffs_batch</FONT> - file into <B>Add arguments</B>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=3>Use - quotation marks to protect spaces in path names, e.g.: </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>"</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>D</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>:\</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Backup - Projects</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>.ffs_batch"</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=3><BR></FONT></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/win7scheduler.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=708 HEIGHT=284 BORDER=0></FONT></P> + <LI> + <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Go to Start and run <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>taskschd.msc</B></FONT>.</FONT> + </P> + + <LI> + <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Create a new basic task and follow the wizard.</FONT> + </P> + + <LI> + <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Make <B>Program/script</B> point to the location of FreeFileSync.exe + and insert the ffs_batch file into <B>Add arguments</B>.</FONT> + </P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use quotation marks to protect spaces in path names, e.g. <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">"D:\Backup Projects.ffs_batch"</FONT><BR> + <BR> + <IMG SRC="../img/win7scheduler.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></FONT> + </P> </UL> </OL> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><BR>Beginning - with Windows Vista the "Program/script" always needs - point to an executable file like "FreeFileSync.exe" even - if ffs_batch file associations have been set!</FONT> I<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">f - a ffs_batch file were entered instead the task would return with + with Windows Vista the <i>Program/script</i> always needs point to an executable file like FreeFileSync.exe even + if ffs_batch file association is set. If a ffs_batch file is entered instead the task will return with error code 0xC1, "%1 is not a valid Win32 application".</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT> </P> </OL> <OL> <OL TYPE=A START=2> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Windows - XP Scheduled Tasks:</B></FONT></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Windows XP Scheduled Tasks:</B></FONT></P> <UL> <LI VALUE=1><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Go - to <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Start - → Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks</B></SPAN></SPAN> and - select <SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Add - Scheduled Task</B></SPAN></SPAN>.</FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Follow - the wizard and select FreeFileSync.exe as program to run.</FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Fill - input field <B>Run:</B> as: <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FreeFileSync - installation folder>\FreeFileSync.exe <job - name>.ffs_batch</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../img/ScheduleBatch.png" NAME="Grafik2" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=406 HEIGHT=455 BORDER=0><BR> </FONT></P> + to <B>Start → Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks</B> and select <B>Add Scheduled Task</B>.</FONT> + </P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Follow the wizard and select FreeFileSync.exe as program to run.</FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Fill the input field <B>Run:</B> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FreeFileSync installation folder>\FreeFileSync.exe <job name>.ffs_batch</FONT><BR> + <BR> + <IMG SRC="../img/ScheduleBatch.png" NAME="Grafik2" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0><BR> </FONT></P> </UL> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Ubuntu - Linux Gnome-schedule:</B></FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Ubuntu Linux Gnome-schedule:</B></FONT></P> <UL> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Install - Gnome-schedule, if necessary: <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">sudo - apt-get install gnome-schedule</FONT></FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Go - to </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>System - → Preferences → Scheduled tasks</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Enter - the command as:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"> - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-variant: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal"><FreeFileSync - installation folder>/FreeFileSync <job name>.ffs_batch</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><I><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal"><BR></SPAN></I></FONT><IMG SRC="../img/ubuntuScheduler.png" NAME="Grafik5" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=629 HEIGHT=560 BORDER=0></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Install Gnome-schedule, if necessary: </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule</FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Go to <B>System → Preferences → Scheduled tasks</B></FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Enter the command:</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FreeFileSync installation folder>/FreeFileSync <job name>.ffs_batch</FONT><BR> + <BR> + <IMG SRC="../img/ubuntuScheduler.png" NAME="Grafik5" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0></P> </UL> </OL> </OL> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Synchronize with FTP.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Synchronize with FTP.html index 43cc5a1b..cbca698d 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Synchronize with FTP.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Synchronize with FTP.html @@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ drive letter:</FONT></P> <A HREF="Compare%20by%20File%20Size.html">Compare by File Size</A>.</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> -</P> +<br> <H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Synchronize with SFTP <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Linux)</SPAN></FONT></H3> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> @@ -62,13 +59,18 @@ SFTP <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Linux)</SPAN></FONT></H3> share can be easily mapped onto a local folder for use with FreeFileSync:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen5" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Install:</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><BR>sudo - apt-get install sshfs<BR> </FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Mount - SFTP share:</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><BR>sshfs - ssh-account@ssh-server:<path> mountpoint<BR> </FONT></P> - <LI><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Unmount:</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><BR>fusermount - -u mountpoint</FONT></P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Install:</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><BR>sudo apt-get install sshfs<BR> + </FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Mount SFTP share:</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><BR>sshfs ssh-account@ssh-server:<path> mountpoint<BR> + </FONT></P> + + <LI><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Unmount:</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><BR>fusermount -u mountpoint</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> </BODY> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Variable Drive Letters.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Variable Drive Letters.html index ee95e4a3..a9368041 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Variable Drive Letters.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Variable Drive Letters.html @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="de-DE" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Variable -drive letters</FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">Variable Drive Letters</FONT></FONT></H2> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">USB memory sticks or external hard disks often get different drive letters assigned when plugged into distinct computers. FreeFileSync @@ -27,49 +26,42 @@ offers two solutions to handle this problem:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Option 1: </B>Specify a folder path by using the volume name:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen5" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use - "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">[ZENJU-USB]\folder</FONT>" - instead of "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\folder</FONT>" - where "<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">ZENJU-USB</FONT>" - is the volume name of the USB stick which is currently mounted in - drive G:\.</FONT></P> + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">[ZENJU-USB]\folder</FONT> instead of <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\folder</FONT> where ZENJU-USB + is the volume name of the USB stick which is currently mounted in drive <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\</FONT>. + </FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen4" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note<BR></B>It + <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"> + <B>Note<BR></B>It is not required to look up and enter the volume name manually. Just - select the corresponding entry in the drop down menu.</FONT></P> - <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="../img/VolumeName.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=424 HEIGHT=86 BORDER=0></P> + select the corresponding entry in the drop down menu.</FONT> + <IMG SRC="../img/VolumeName.png" NAME="Grafik1" ALIGN=BOTTOM BORDER=0> + </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Option -2: </B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use a relative -directory name:</FONT></P> +2: </B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use a relative directory name:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen3" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0.05cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use - "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\folder</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" - instead of "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\folder</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Use <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\folder</FONT> instead of <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\folder</FONT></FONT> </P><BR> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Save - and copy synchronization settings to the USB stick: - "</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>G:\</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Backup</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>.ffs_gui"</FONT></FONT></FONT> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Save and copy synchronization settings to the USB stick: </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\Backup.ffs_gui</FONT> </P><BR> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"> - <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Start - FreeFileSync by double-clicking on "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Backup</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">.ffs_gui</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<BR>→ - The working directory is automatically set to "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" - by the operating system so that </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">the - relative path </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\folder</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" - will be resolved as "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\folder</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" - during synchronization.</FONT> + <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Start FreeFileSync by double-clicking on <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\Backup.ffs_gui</FONT><br> + <br> + The working directory is then automatically set to <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\</FONT> by the operating system so that the + relative path <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\folder</FONT> will be resolved as <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">G:\folder</FONT> during synchronization. + </FONT> </P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Versioning.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Versioning.html index e61ec43f..9b81b731 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Versioning.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Versioning.html @@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> -<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">File -versioning</FONT></FONT></H2> +<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">File Versioning</FONT></FONT></H2> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">When you need to preserve files that have been deleted or overwritten it's -often sufficient to select <B>Recycle Bin</B> in synchronization -settings. However this is only available on local drives and offers +often sufficient to select <B>Recycle bin</B> in synchronization +settings. However this is only available for local drives and offers little control on how to store and how long to keep the files. FreeFileSync therefore has an additional option, <B>Versioning</B>.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> @@ -39,11 +38,10 @@ deleted files into the provided folder and add a time stamp to each file name. The structure of the synchronized folders is preserved so that old versions of a file can be conveniently accessed via a file browser.</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example: -</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">A -file "</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Folder\File.txt</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">" -was updated three times and old versions were moved to folder -"</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">C:\Revisions</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">"</SPAN></FONT></P> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B> +A file <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Folder\File.txt</FONT> was updated three times and old versions were moved to folder <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Revisions</FONT> +</FONT> +</P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Revisions\Folder\File.txt </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>2012-12-12 @@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ was updated three times and old versions were moved to folder <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>2. -Save only most recent version</B></FONT></P> +Save only the most recent version</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Set deletion handling to <B>Versioning</B> and naming convention to <B>Replace</B>. Deleted files will be moved to the specified folder @@ -68,14 +66,16 @@ versions.</FONT></P> Save versions at certain intervals</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">With naming convention </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Replace</B></FONT> -<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">it's possible to refine the +<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">it is possible to refine the granularity of versions to keep by adding <A HREF="Macros.html">macros</A> to the versioning folder path. For example you can save deleted files on a per sync session basis by adding the </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>%timestamp%</B></FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">macro:</FONT></P> -<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example: -</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Using -the dynamically generated folder name "</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">C:\Revisions\%timestamp%</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">"</SPAN></FONT></P> + +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Example:</B> +Using the dynamically generated folder name <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Revisions\%timestamp%</FONT></FONT> +</P> + <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen2" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; height: 0.04cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">C:\Revisions\</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>2012-12-12 111111</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">\Folder\File.txt<BR>C:\Revisions\</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><B>2012-12-12 diff --git a/BUILD/Help/html/Volume Shadow Copy.html b/BUILD/Help/html/Volume Shadow Copy.html index 24a3bd92..c5e32e80 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/html/Volume Shadow Copy.html +++ b/BUILD/Help/html/Volume Shadow Copy.html @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Shadow Copy Service <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows only)</SPAN></FON <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync supports copying locked or shared files by creating a Volume Shadow Copy of the source drive. This feature can be configured via </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Menu -→ Advanced → Global settings: Copy locked files</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">.</FONT></P> +→ Tools → Global settings: Copy locked files</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen3" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: 1px solid #000080; padding: 0.05cm; background: #ccccff"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B></FONT></P> <LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The @@ -40,16 +40,25 @@ Copy of the source drive. This feature can be configured via </FONT><FONT FACE=" <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Troubleshooting</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If you experience problems using the Volume Shadow Copy Service a renewal of -registration might help. Create and execute a *.cmd batch file with -the follow content or enter directly via command line:</FONT></P> +registration might help. Create and execute a cmd batch file and insert the following lines or enter directly via command line:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.32cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN ID="Rahmen1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 80%; border: none; padding: 0cm; background: #e6e6e6"> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.79cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> - <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cd /d %windir%\system32<BR>Net - stop vss<BR>Net stop swprv<BR>regsvr32 ole32.dll<BR>regsvr32 - oleaut32.dll<BR>regsvr32 vss_ps.dll<BR>Vssvc /register<BR>regsvr32 - /i swprv.dll<BR>regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll<BR>regsvr32 es.dll<BR>regsvr32 - stdprov.dll<BR>regsvr32 vssui.dll<BR>regsvr32 msxml.dll<BR>regsvr32 - msxml3.dll<BR>regsvr32 msxml4.dll</FONT></P> + <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"> + cd /d %windir%\system32<BR> + Net stop vss<BR> + Net stop swprv<BR> + regsvr32 ole32.dll<BR> + regsvr32 oleaut32.dll<BR> + regsvr32 vss_ps.dll<BR> + Vssvc /register<BR> + regsvr32 /i swprv.dll<BR> + regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll<BR> + regsvr32 es.dll<BR> + regsvr32 stdprov.dll<BR> + regsvr32 vssui.dll<BR> + regsvr32 msxml.dll<BR> + regsvr32 msxml3.dll<BR> + regsvr32 msxml4.dll</FONT></P> </SPAN><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=" margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Reference: diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/CmpSettings.png b/BUILD/Help/img/CmpSettings.png Binary files differindex da67415a..16c30698 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/CmpSettings.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/CmpSettings.png diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/CompareButton.png b/BUILD/Help/img/CompareButton.png Binary files differindex b761e929..3fe37be1 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/CompareButton.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/CompareButton.png diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/MainDialog.png b/BUILD/Help/img/MainDialog.png Binary files differindex 5ac7aa5a..9f2f2566 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/MainDialog.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/MainDialog.png diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/RealtimeSync.png b/BUILD/Help/img/RealtimeSync.png Binary files differindex 59b4fa01..971baefd 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/RealtimeSync.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/RealtimeSync.png diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/SetupBatch.png b/BUILD/Help/img/SetupBatch.png Binary files differindex 01d1ecff..e1789917 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/SetupBatch.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/SetupBatch.png diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/SynchronizeButton.png b/BUILD/Help/img/SynchronizeButton.png Binary files differindex 084edcb7..0ab74cb8 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/SynchronizeButton.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/SynchronizeButton.png diff --git a/BUILD/Help/img/WatchUsbInsert.png b/BUILD/Help/img/WatchUsbInsert.png Binary files differindex 35d0b45d..0e90278a 100644 --- a/BUILD/Help/img/WatchUsbInsert.png +++ b/BUILD/Help/img/WatchUsbInsert.png |
