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Synchronize directories and auto compare

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Is it possible to get the Synchronize directories dialog to automatically compare the two directories when the dialog opens? Now I have to press the Compare button first.
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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AFAIK not without the use of some external script engine like AHK.

But the "Compare" button is preselected, so you can just press the Enter or Space key in stead of clicking the button with the mouse.
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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Good tips about Enter or Space! But i hope for, at least as an option, that the auto compare feature will be added in the future.
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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Maybe I understand something wrong, but with this button the comparison starts automatically.

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_EXE%
/S=S:= "%X%Z%P" "%T"
TOTALCMD.EXE,32
Synchronize CURRENT directories  ||  separate task!|Comparison starts immediately!
%COMMANDER_PATH%\
0
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You can use the code to create a button as follows:
1. Click on "SELECT ALL" (to the right of CODE:)
2. CTRL + C = Copy to clipboard (press the CTRL-key and hold it down, then press the letter "C")
3. Make a right click on your buttonbar on an empty space [e.g. after the last button or between the buttons]
4. Click on menu item "Paste" (see also point 5.)
5. [If you do not see the icon immediately (or just the icon outlines and a possible tooltip, if you point the cursor on the place,
5.  on which the button was inserted before), then again a right click into the buttonbar is necessary, then "Change", "OK" ->
5.  at the latest then the icon will be visible]
6. [Option: Point to the new button (slightly longer): 'Tooltip' is shown (-> description to the button)]
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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tuska wrote: 2019-04-13, 09:52 UTC Maybe I understand something wrong, but with this button the comparison starts automatically.
...
No, it doesn't.
You still need to press the Compare button.
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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2tuska
I stand corrected :oops:

After re-checking - it can also be done with the SYNCOPEN command:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
SYNCOPEN =

wcmicons.dll,48
Synchronize CURRENT directories, comparison starts immediately!


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To make the button:
1. Mark the green text above (click SELECT ALL).
2. Copy it to the ClipBoard (press Ctri+C).
3. Right click on TC's buttonbar and choose "Paste".
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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2Horst.Epp
No, it doesn't.
Yes it does - it all comes down to the = in the command line:
%COMMANDER_EXE% /S=S:=
SYNCOPEN =

history.txt:
03.08.09 Added: Auto-start internal sync tool with parameter SYNCOPEN =SettingsName or just SYNCOPEN =
03.08.09 Added: Auto-start external sync tool with parameter /S=S:=SettingsName or just /S=S:= when passing the paths separately
Help:
Command line parameters
/S=S Start "Synchronize dirs" directly, accepts two paths as parameters, or alternatively a settings name in the form /S=S:SettingsName
If the parameter begins with an equal sign "=", e.g. /S=S:=SettingsName, the comparison will start immediately. If the equal sign is the only parameter, e.g. /S=S:= , the comparison will start with the passed directories and last used options.
But you still have to click the Synchronize button after the Compare is done...
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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:oops: :)
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Re: Synchronize directories and auto compare

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Excellent!
This is the way I want it to be! Auto compare and then deselect files and finally manually click Synchronize.
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