Dir Sync: Selecting "Ignore date" without re-scanning
Posted: 2019-08-20, 20:05 UTC
I just compared a large local folder with its FTP companion. It took quite a while.
As often with FTP comparisons, there were some differences in time stamps for identical files. Not the usual hour, but a few seconds.
Hence I needed to re-scan with the Ignore date option which again took 20 minutes or so.
Now I think: Why the need to scan again? Since I guess that the files are stored (or at least, could be) in the list with their time stamps and other meta data, why not make the option work immediately without a new scan. That would have saved me 20 minutes.
The Asymmetric option could work the same way, BTW.
As often with FTP comparisons, there were some differences in time stamps for identical files. Not the usual hour, but a few seconds.
Hence I needed to re-scan with the Ignore date option which again took 20 minutes or so.
Now I think: Why the need to scan again? Since I guess that the files are stored (or at least, could be) in the list with their time stamps and other meta data, why not make the option work immediately without a new scan. That would have saved me 20 minutes.
The Asymmetric option could work the same way, BTW.