I have a folder of small binary files I want to sync from my desktop to my laptop (via a mapped drive). Three of the files on the desktop were changed and had different sizes, but all the files on the laptop were newer, so I chose "size only".
The problem is this: If I choose "Update target" no differences are found. If I choose "synchronize" then the three changed files are found, but the direction of copy is from laptop to desktop, the reverse of what I want.
I can click "reverse" and sync from laptop to desktop, and then the direction of copy is from the desktop to the laptop, which is correct but seems counter-intuitive to say the least...
Not getting the expected result
Re: Not getting the expected result
If I understand correctly, you have changed the files on your desktop, but you want to keep the older files. I think any synchronizer would be helpless in such situations. How should the software know, what you want? Or, differently phrased, how could an appropriate rule look like?MKairys wrote: Three of the files on the desktop were changed and had different sizes, but all the files on the laptop were newer, so I chose "size only".
Re: Not getting the expected result
I think it's quite straightforward. The three files on the desktop that I modified differ in size from their counterparts on the laptop. The file times are irrelevant so I say "Size only". I want to copy to the laptop so I make it the target and say Update Target. I expect the software to say "these three files differ in size, so I will copy them to the target."Anonymous wrote:How should the software know, what you want?
Now, Synchronize had to make a decision about which way to go when I told it to ignore file times, and it did -- it chose to not to ignore them. I think this was a reasonable thing to do, if not quite as useful as the operation I had intended
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Well, this makes some sense. Currently comparison rules only affects file listing, copy direction is still using date always. I will think about your approach.
In your case you can use Duplicate mode to copy older files to destination. I will make next update today, it will include full help. You will find Actions section useful, I think.
In your case you can use Duplicate mode to copy older files to destination. I will make next update today, it will include full help. You will find Actions section useful, I think.