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<sect1 id="synchronizer">
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<title>Synchronizer</title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>Synchronizer</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 id="synchronizer_introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This function compares two directories with all subdirectories and shows the differences between them.
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After selecting some options and the
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<guilabel>Compare</guilabel> function you can synchronize the
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files and directories. One panel could be an &FTP;
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server. Do not forget the
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<guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel> option if the file size
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stays equal. Choose
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<emphasis role="bold">
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Commands</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Synchronize Directories</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</emphasis>or
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo> to start this feature. The
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<link linkend="konfig-color">colors</link> are
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configurable.</para>
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<note>
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<para>For local files: The synchronizer changes the date
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information to the original dates.</para>
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</note>
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<textobject><phrase>Synchronizer: Synchronize files and directories.</phrase></textobject>
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<caption><para>Synchronizer: Synchronize files and directories.</para></caption>
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<figure id="screenshot-syncdir" float="1">
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<title>Synchronizer</title>
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<mediaobject>
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<imagedata fileref="syncdir.png"></imagedata>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Synchronizer</phrase>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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<para>
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<orderedlist>
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<title>Procedure:</title>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set the
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<guilabel>Left directory</guilabel> and the
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<guilabel>Right directory</guilabel> that you want to compare.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Configure the optional
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<guilabel>File Filter</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>General Filters</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Advanced filters</guilabel>. The
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<guilabel>General Filters</guilabel> includes a
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<guilabel>don't search in</guilabel> option which lets you
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exclude directories from comparision.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set the
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<link linkend="synccomp_checkb_options">Checkbox
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options</link>:
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<guilabel>Recurse subdirectories</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Follow symlinks</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Ignore Date</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Asymmetric</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Ignore Case</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Hidden hidden files</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click on the
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<guibutton>Compare</guibutton> button to compare the
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directories.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>By using
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<link linkend="synccomp_show_options">Show options</link>,
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you can include/exclude particular file types. The files that
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are not on the list will be untouched by
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synchronization.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If needed, you can change the
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<guilabel>Task</guilabel> operations determined by the
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Comparator with the
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<link linkend="synccomp_right-click">right click
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menu</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>When you agree with the
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<guibutton>Compare</guibutton> results, click on the
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<guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton> button to show the
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synchronize dialog.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>After selecting the options of the
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<link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronizer</link>, click on
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the
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<guibutton>Start</guibutton> button to start the
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synchronization process.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>A detailed explanation of all the functions and
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buttons is described in the following text.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="synchronizer_comparator">
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<title>Comparator</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Panel elements</term>
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<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Left Directory</guilabel>: The left side base
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directory.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Right Directory</guilabel>: The right side
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base directory.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>File Filter</guilabel>: Filters the filenames
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at synchronizing. ⪚
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<literal role="extension">*.png</literal> selects only
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files the names of which end with
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<literal role="extension">.png</literal> Directories are
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listed if the directory name ends with
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<literal role="extension">.png</literal> or if the
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directory contains files which end with
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<literal role="extension">.png</literal> Multiple
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include/exclude example:
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<literal role="extension">'*.cpp *.h |
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*.moc.cpp'</literal>includes
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<literal role="extension">*.cpp *.h</literal> and
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exclude
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<literal role="extension">*.moc.cpp</literal></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>General filters</guilabel>: Search for,
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containing text</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Advanced filters</guilabel>: Size, date,
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ownership</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Filename filtering criteria</term>
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<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can make use of wild cards. Multiple patterns
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are separated by space (means logical OR) and patterns
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are excluded from the search using the pipe symbol. If
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the pattern is ended with a slash (*pattern*/), it
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means that pattern relates to recursive search of
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directories.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>pattern - means to search those files/directories
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whose name is a pattern, recursive search goes through
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all subdirectories independently of the value of the
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pattern.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>pattern/ - means to search all files/directories,
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but recursive search goes through/excludes the
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directories whose name is a pattern.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can use quotation marks for names
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that contain spaces. Filter "Program Files" searches
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out those files/directories the name of which is <filename>Program
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Files</filename>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Examples:</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal role="extension">*.o</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal role="extension">*.h *.c??</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal role="extension">*.cpp *.h |
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*.moc.cpp</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal role="extension">* | CVS/ .svn/</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Note: the search term 'text' is equivalent to
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'*text*'.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="synccomp_checkb_options">
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<term>Checkbox options</term>
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<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Recurse subdirectories</guilabel>: The
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Synchronizer walks through subdirectories when
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comparing.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Follow symlinks</guilabel>: The Synchronizer
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follows the symbolic links to directories (not the
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files!).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel>: The files
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the sizes of which are equal will be compared by content as
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well.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Ignore Date</guilabel>: Ignores the date
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information (useful for &FTP;, smb, archive,
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... ) the date information is relevant *only* in the
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local file system.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Asymmetric</guilabel>: The
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<guilabel>Left Directory</guilabel> is the target
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directory, the
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<guilabel>Right Directory</guilabel> is the source
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directory. This functions synchronizes the content of
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the left directory to the right directory.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The files that exist only on the left side
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will be deleted.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The files that exist only on the right side
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will be copied to left.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The files considered to be equal will be
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untouched.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Those files considered to be different will
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be copied to left. Use this feature with
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care!</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>This function is useful if the date
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information is unusable, or to synchronize the left
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directory to the content of a file server (like a
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download). Alternatively, it is useful to make a backup
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from the right directory to the left directory. NOTE:
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Do NOT use this option to synchronize a desktop and a
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notebook (⪚ files that exist only on the
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left side will be deleted!).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Automatic Scrolling</guilabel>: This is for
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slow &FTP; servers, ... When the
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Synchronizer has finished comparing a file, it puts the
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file into the end of the list at once and scrolls the
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window, if necessary. It is important, if you want to
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know what the Synchronizer is doing. If the
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&FTP; server is slow, the comparison of a
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directory may take a lot of time. By turning this
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option on, you can see that the comparator is "alive",
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but slow. For fast file systems, it can reduce the
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speed of comparing slightly.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Ignore Case</guilabel>: Case insensitive filename compare,
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this is useful when synchronizing &Windows; filesystems.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Ignore hidden files</guilabel>: Ignores files that start with a dot.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>When everything mentioned above is done, click on the
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<guibutton>Compare</guibutton> button to compare the directories,
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the results are displayed in the <guilabel>File List</guilabel>.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>File List</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The
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<guilabel>File List</guilabel> has the following columns:
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"Left name | Left size | Left time | Task | Right time |
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Right size | Right name".
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Here you can check the compare results and modify the synchronisation actions if desired.
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The text color defines the default copy direction determined by the comparator.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Green: Copy from left to right.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Blue: Copy from right to left or delete on the right side in asymmetric mode.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Red: Files which are different by the given criteria (no copy direction).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Black: Files which are identical (no copy direction).</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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A double click on a file calls the &krusader;s <guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel> function.
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The Tasks (<=>) column defines the default copy direction, which can be modified by the user if needed.
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The results window supports dragging items to other windows ( drag [left], SHIFT+drag [right] )
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and copy left/right selected items to clipboard (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>c</keycap></keycombo>).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>File List</guilabel>: Tasks (<=>) column</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This column displays the task that is planned for the
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Synchronizer, this task can be modified with the
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<link linkend="synccomp_right-click">right click menu</link>.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>-></guibutton>: Copy from the
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left side to the right side. For directories:
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<command>mkdir</command> in the right side.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>=</guibutton>: The files are the same, do not
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do anything.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>!=</guibutton>: The file is excluded, or the
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Synchronizer does not know what to do.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton><-</guibutton>: copy from the
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right side to the left side. For directories:
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<command>mkdir</command> in the left side</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>DEL</guibutton>: delete files from the right
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side.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="synccomp_show_options">
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<term>Show options</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can include/exclude particular file types.
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Those files, that are not in the list, will be untouched at
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synchronization.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>-></guibutton>: Enable/Disable
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the copy task from left to right.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>=</guibutton>: Enable/Disable listing the
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equal files.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>!=</guibutton>: Enable/Disable listing the
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excluded / "don't know what to do" files.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton><-</guibutton>: Enable/Disable
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the copy task from right to left.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Trash</guibutton>: Enable/Disable the file
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deleting from the left side task.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Duplicates</guibutton>: Enable/Disable those
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files that exist on both sides.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Singles</guibutton>: Enable/Disable those
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files that exist only on one side.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Action buttons</term>
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<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Compare</guibutton>: Compares the
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directories, the results are displayed on the
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<guilabel>File List</guilabel>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Stop</guibutton>: Stops comparing.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton>: Shows the
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synchronize dialog.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Close</guibutton>: Closes the Synchronizer
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window.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>The Status line may contain</term>
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<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The number of scanned directories while
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comparing.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The filename when comparing by content (for big
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files).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The number of files on the list.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="synccomp_right-click">
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<term>Right click menu on the
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<guilabel>File List</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The right click menu is split up in three
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sections:</para>
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<para>1. change the
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<guilabel>Task</guilabel> operations determined by the
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Comparator. Select one or multiple files. The change will
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be applied on the selection and not only on the right
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clicked item. If the selected item is a directory, the
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change will be applied on its files/subdirectories as
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well.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Synchronize Directories</guibutton>: Starts
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synchronization.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Exclude</guibutton>: Excludes a file/dir
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from synchronization ( task change to != ).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Restore original operation</guibutton>: Task
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change to the original result of comparison.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Reverse direction</guibutton>: Task change (
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-> to <-, and
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<- to -> ).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Copy from right to left</guibutton>: Task
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change to <-.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Copy from left to right</guibutton>: Task
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change to ->.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Delete ( left single )</guibutton>: Task
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change to DEL.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>2. change the selections</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Select items</guibutton>: Opens a dialog
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which allows you to select items. This is the
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<guimenuitem>Select Group</guimenuitem> dialog from the
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&editmenu-lnk;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Unselect items</guibutton>: Opens a dialog
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which allows you to deselect items. This is the
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<guimenuitem>Unselect Group</guimenuitem> dialog from
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the &editmenu-lnk;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Invert selection</guibutton>: Invert the
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selection status of all items.</para>
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|
</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>3. others (note that the following operations work on the
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right-clicked file and not on the selection).</para>
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|
<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>View left file</guibutton>: Starts viewer on
|
|
the left file.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
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|
<para>
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|
<guibutton>View right file</guibutton>: Starts viewer
|
|
on the right file.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
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|
<para>
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|
<guibutton>Compare Files</guibutton>: Starts the diff
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|
utility (⪚ &kompare;) on the
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|
files.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Other buttons</term>
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|
<listitem>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guibutton>Profiles</guibutton>: If you have to
|
|
synchronize the same directories often, you can save the
|
|
settings ⪚ include files, exclude files,
|
|
... Press the
|
|
<guibutton>Profile</guibutton> button, and you will be
|
|
able to add / load / save / remove synchronizer
|
|
profiles.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guibutton>Swap sides</guibutton>: Swaps the
|
|
<guilabel>File List</guilabel>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Synchronize with &kget;</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>If you want to synchronize a local directory with an
|
|
unstable ftp server, &kget; is a much better
|
|
solution than simple file copying. After comparing you may
|
|
right click on the result list and select
|
|
<guimenuitem>Synchronize with kget</guimenuitem> to execute
|
|
the synchronization, after that the listed files will be
|
|
downloaded with kget instead of krusader. Of course
|
|
<application>kget</application> needs to be installed on
|
|
your computer; otherwise, it will not be available.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="synchronizer_sychronisation">
|
|
<title>Sychronisation</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>After pressing the
|
|
<guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton> button the synchronization
|
|
dialog appears.</para>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Check boxes</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Here you confirm the copy and delete operations of
|
|
the Synchronizer</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Right to left</guilabel>: copy X1 files ( Y1
|
|
bytes ) enable / disable the copy from right to
|
|
left.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Left to right</guilabel>: copy X2 files ( Y2
|
|
bytes ) enable / disable the copy from left to
|
|
right.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Left</guilabel>: delete X3 files ( Y3 bytes )
|
|
enable / disable the left side deleting.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Confirm overwrites</guilabel>: By switching
|
|
this option on, Krusader will show the
|
|
<guibutton>rename, skip, overwrite, skip all, overwrite
|
|
all</guibutton> dialog box, before overwriting the
|
|
file.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Status labels</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Ready</guilabel>: A1/A2 files, B1/B2. This
|
|
line is changed at synchronizing, showing that
|
|
synchronizer finished with A1 files from A2 ( B1 bytes
|
|
from B2 ).</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Progress bar</guilabel>: Shows the progress
|
|
on the synchronization (based on bytes).</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Action buttons</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guibutton>Start</guibutton>: Starts
|
|
synchronization.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guibutton>Pause / Resume</guibutton>: Pauses/resumes
|
|
the synchronization process.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guibutton>Close</guibutton>: Closes the
|
|
synchronization dialog (and stops
|
|
synchronization).</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Parallel synchronization</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>One can give the number of the 'quasy'
|
|
threads.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Can drastically increase the speed when
|
|
synchronized with slow FTP servers.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Does not affect the speed of local
|
|
synchronization.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Remote "compare by content" and "directory
|
|
compare" is done in parallel.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Remote synchronization is also done in parallel,
|
|
except the mkdir tasks (mkdir must be before
|
|
copy).</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|