From 01eb8253196672c969a39587e90b49321a182428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Wilhelm
file exists on one side only
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ comparison is started, the following decision tree is processed:
-
This results into the following categories:
Two -files which have the same name are marked as equal if and only if -they have the same content. This option is more useful for -consistency checks rather than backup operations for reasons of -speed. The file modification time is not taken into account at all.
+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 +rather than backup operations since it is naturally slower. The file +modification time is not taken into account at all.file exists on one side only
@@ -128,23 +126,21 @@ handling
FreeFileSync -offers three options to configure processing of symbolic links (also +offers three options to configure handling of symbolic links (also called symlinks or soft links):
Exclude:
- skips symbolic links while scanning
- input directories.
Direct:
- configures synchronization of the
- symbolic link object itself and not its target. symbolic links will
- be visible on main grid as a separate entity with corresponding meta
- data. Links pointing to directories are not traversed and the link
- object is copied directly during synchronization.
Follow: - dereferences symbolic links, i.e. they are treated like their target - objects. Links pointing to directories are traversed like ordinary - folders and the target of each link is copied during - synchronization.
+ 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.
In - Windows the options described above always apply to "Reparse + Windows the symbolic link options apply to "Reparse Points". Reparse - Points are a more general concept including for example symbolic - links, junctions and mount points. The term "symbolic - link" has - been retained nevertheless for harmonization with Linux.
+ Points are a more general concept including symbolic links, + junctions and mount points.Copying - symbolic links requires the application to be started with - administrator rights.
+ symbolic links requires administrator rights.Excluding -files and directories works by specifying a phrase that is compared -against a file or directory path. Only if the file or directory -matches at least one entry in the include list and none of the -entries in the exclude list it passes filtering. The phrase is also a -file or directory name, but it must be relative to the base -sync-directory and may additionally include wild cards like '*' or -'?'.
+Files +and directories can be excluded from synchronization by specifying +include and exclude filter lists. Only if they match at least one +entry in the include list and none of the entries in the exclude list +they pass filtering. Each list item is a file or directory path +relative to synchronization base directories. Optionally wild cards +like '*' or '?' may be used.
Example: -Exclude all sub directories
+Exclude all files and folders located in subdirectories of base +directories
- Include: *
Exclude:
- *\
This -will exclude all objects within the two directories that end with a -'\' -character, which is interpreted as the end of a directory name.
-
+
Example: +Include only files and folders +located in subdirectories of base directories
+
+
+ Include: *\*
Example: Mirror-sync from C:\Source @@ -61,15 +62,16 @@ character, which is interpreted as the end of a directory name.
Exclude
all *.tmp
files
- located in subfolder
- only:
Filter:
+ located in subfolder
+ only:
Filter:
\sample\subfolder\*.tmp
Exclude
- files (and folders) named thumbs.db
- in all sub directories:
Filter:
+ files (and folders) named thumbs.db
+ in
+ all directories:
Filter:
*\thumbs.db
Exclude
- all files and folders that have test
+ files and folders that have test
as
part of their name:
Filter:
*test*
- Note:
A filter phrase
- „\fileOrDir”
- matches both a file or a directory named „fileOrDir”.
- In most cases there is no need to distinguish between a phrase to be
- used for files or directories. In cases where it is clear you want
- to process directories only, you can give a hint by adding a
- backslash: „\fileOrDir\”.
- Now this filter will be matched against directories only.
-
-
-
- Note:
In most cases
- manually specifying a filter phrase is not necessary! You can
- exclude files, directories and even complete lists of both directly
- on main grid via context menu.
A + filter string is generally compared against both file and directory + names. If you want to consider directories only, you can give a + hint by appending a path separator: "string\".
+In + most cases manually specifying a filter phrase is not necessary! + You can exclude files, directories and even complete lists of both + directly on main grid via context menu.
+Detection - of moved and renamed files
-Copy - locked files using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service. (Windows - only)
-Support - for multiple folder pairs with distinct configuration
-Compare - files (bytewise or by date) and synchronize them.
-Create - Batch Jobs for automated synchronization with or without GUI.
-Optimized - performance, coded in C++ completely.
-Native - 32 and 64 bit builds
-Transactional - file copy
-Synchronization - database for propagation of deleted files and conflict detection
-Cross-Platform
-Full - support for Windows/Linux Symbolic Links and Windows Junction - Points.
-Full - unicode support.
-Full - network support.
-Built-in - support for very long filenames (more than MAX_PATH = 260 - characters).
-Copy - NTFS alternate data streams, compressed and encrypted file - attributes
-Lean - & easily accessible UI: only useful functionality, no feature - bloat.
-Support - for filesizes larger than 4 GB.
-Option - to move files to Recycle Bin instead of deleting/overwriting them.
-Ignore - directories "\RECYCLER" and "\System Volume - Information" with default filter. (Windows only)
-Delete - before copy: Avoid disc space shortages for large sync-jobs.
-Filter - functionality to include/exclude files from synchronization.
-Automatically - handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32 volumes.
-Portable - version available (selectable via installer).
-Opt-in - for automatic online update.
-Localized - versions are available for many languages.
-Create - recurring backups with macros %time%, %date% within directory names
-Copy - file create/modification times when synchronizing.
-Advanced - locking strategy to allow multiple synchronization processes (e.g. - multiple writers, same network share).
-Case-sensitive - synchronization of file, directory and symlink names
-
-