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diff --git a/FreeFileSync/Build/Help/html/comparison-settings.html b/FreeFileSync/Build/Help/html/comparison-settings.html deleted file mode 100755 index d83877c8..00000000 --- a/FreeFileSync/Build/Help/html/comparison-settings.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,126 +0,0 @@ -<!doctype html> -<html lang="en"> -<head> - <meta charset="utf-8"> - <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="base.css" > - <title>Comparison Settings</title> -</head> - -<body> - <h1>Comparison Settings</h1> - <p> - <img src="../images/comparison-settings.png" alt="Comparison settings dialog"> - <br><br> - </p> - - <h2>Comparison variants</h2> - <p> - When comparing two folders, FreeFileSync analyses the <b>paths relative to the left and right base folders</b> of the contained files. - If the relative path matches, FreeFileSync decides how the file pair is categorized by considering the selected comparison variant: - </p> - - <b>I. Compare by <i>File time and size</i></b> - <p> - This variant considers two files equal when both <b>modification time and file size</b> match. - It should be selected when synchronizing files with a backup location. - Whenever a file is changed, its file modification time is also updated. - Therefore, a comparison by <i>File Time and size</i> will detect all files that should be synchronized. - The following categories are distinguished: - </p> - <ol style="list-style: upper-roman"> - <li><b>file exists on one side only</b> - <ul> - <li>left only - <li>right only - </ul> - - <li><b>file exists on both sides</b> - <ol style="list-style: lower-roman"> - <li><b>different date</b> - <ul> - <li>left newer - <li>right newer - </ul> - <li><b>same date</b> - <ul> - <li>equal - <li>conflict (same date, different size) - </ul> - </ol> - </ol> - <br> - - <b>II. Compare by <i>File content</i></b> - <p> - Two files are marked as equal if they have <b>identical content</b>. - This variant should be selected when doing consistency checks to see if the files on both sides are bit-wise identical. - Naturally, it is the slowest of all comparison variants, so its usefulness for the purpose of synchronization is limited. - If used for synchronization, it can serve as a fallback when modification times are not reliable. For example - certain mobile phones and legacy FTP servers do not preserve modification times, so the only way to detect different files when the - file sizes are the same is by reading their content. - </p> - <ol style="list-style: upper-roman"> - <li><b>file exists on one side only</b> - <ul> - <li>left only - <li>right only - </ul> - - <li><b>file exists on both sides</b> - <ul> - <li>equal - <li>different content - </ul> - </ol> - <br> - - <b>III. Compare by <i>File size</i></b> - <p> - Two files are considered equal if they have the <b>same file size</b>. - Since it's possible for files that have the same size to have different content, this variant should only be used when file modification times are not - available or reliable, e.g. in certain MTP and FTP synchronization scenarios, and where a comparison by content would be too slow. - </p> - <ol style="list-style: upper-roman"> - <li><b>file exists on one side only</b> - <ul> - <li>left only - <li>right only - </ul> - - <li><b>file exists on both sides</b> - <ul> - <li>equal - <li>different size - </ul> - </ol> - <br> - - <h2>Symbolic Link Handling</h2> - <p> - FreeFileSync lets you choose to include symbolic links (also called symlinks or soft links) - when scanning directories rather than skipping over them. When included, you can select between two ways to handle them: - </p> - - <ol> - <li><b>Follow:</b> - Treat symbolic links like the object they are pointing to. Links - pointing to directories are traversed like ordinary directories and - the target of each link is copied during synchronization.<br> - - <li><b>Direct:</b> - Evaluate the symbolic link object directly. Symbolic links will be shown as separate entities. - Links pointing to directories are not traversed and the link object itself - is copied during synchronization. - </ol> - <br> - - <div class="bluebox"> - <b>Note</b> - <ul style="margin: 0"> - <li>Under Windows the symbolic link options apply to symbolic links, volume mount points and NTFS junction points. - <li>Copying symbolic links requires FreeFileSync to be started with administrator rights. - </ul> - </div> - -</body> -</html> |