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<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Comparison
Settings</FONT></H3>
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<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">I.
Compare by "File time and size"</FONT></H3>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">This
variant evaluates two equally named files as being equal when they
have the same modification time <B>and</B> file size. When the
comparison is started, the following decision tree is processed:</FONT></P>
<OL TYPE=i>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>file
exists on one side only</B></FONT></P>
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<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">left
only</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">right
only</FONT></P>
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</OL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>file
exists on both sides</B></FONT></P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>different
date</B></FONT></P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">left
newer</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">right
newer</FONT></P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>same
date</B></FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">equal</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">conflict
(same date, different size)</FONT></P>
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</OL>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">This
results into the following categories:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">left
only</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">right
only</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">left
newer</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">right
newer</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">equal</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">conflict
(same date, different size)</FONT></P>
</UL>
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<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">II.
Compare by "File content"</FONT></H3>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">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.</FONT></P>
<OL TYPE=i>
<LI VALUE=1><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>file
exists on one side only</B></FONT></P>
<OL TYPE=a>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">left
only</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">right
only</FONT></P>
</UL>
</OL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>file
exists on both sides</B></FONT></P>
<OL TYPE=a>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">equal</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">different
content</FONT></P>
</UL>
</OL>
</OL>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">As a
result the files are separated into the following categories:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">left
only</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">right
only</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">equal</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">different
content</FONT></P>
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<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Symbolic link
handling</FONT></H3>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync
offers three options to configure processing of symbolic links (also
called symlinks or soft links):</FONT></P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Ignore:</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">excludes symbolic links while
scanning input directories.<BR></FONT> </P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Direct:</B></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">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. <BR></FONT> </P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Follow:</B></SPAN>
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.</FONT></P>
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<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In
Windows the options described above always apply to </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>"Reparse
Points"</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">. Reparse
Points are a more general concept including for example symbolic
links, junctions and mount points. The term </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>"symbolic
link" </I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">has
been retained nevertheless for harmonization with Linux.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Copying
symbolic links requires the application to be started with
administrator rights.</FONT></P>
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