synchronize dirs, match renamed or moved files too
Posted: 2015-08-20, 21:39 UTC
I use synchronize dirs often to sync my backup with my current dataset and to compare old backups with the current dataset.
I do this e.g. before removing an old backup so I can be sure nothing is missing from the current dataset that was still in the backup.
Sometimes files are renamed and/or moved to a different place in the directory tree.
These will show up as green and blue differences in the sync window.
Then I have to manually check what matches.
It would be great when (of course optionally) the files that do not match (=) could be compared to the files on the other side (both ways).
There should be flags to like in search duplicates for same name, same size and same content.
The matches can be shown with = without a file on the other side.
This way it is clear that there was a match.
Example, directory was renamed from A to B.
Now:
-> A
file-x ->
file-y ->
<- B
<- file-x
<- file-y
I would like to see:
-> A
file-x =
file-y =
<- B
= file-x
= file-y
I do this e.g. before removing an old backup so I can be sure nothing is missing from the current dataset that was still in the backup.
Sometimes files are renamed and/or moved to a different place in the directory tree.
These will show up as green and blue differences in the sync window.
Then I have to manually check what matches.
It would be great when (of course optionally) the files that do not match (=) could be compared to the files on the other side (both ways).
There should be flags to like in search duplicates for same name, same size and same content.
The matches can be shown with = without a file on the other side.
This way it is clear that there was a match.
Example, directory was renamed from A to B.
Now:
-> A
file-x ->
file-y ->
<- B
<- file-x
<- file-y
I would like to see:
-> A
file-x =
file-y =
<- B
= file-x
= file-y