Other Features: Difference between revisions
From FileZilla Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
* Choose View > Directory Comparison > and either : | * Choose View > Directory Comparison > and either : | ||
** "compare file size" or | ** "compare file size" or | ||
** "compare modification time." | ** "compare modification time." | ||
* Enable the "Hide identical files" option if you don't want to be distracted by files considered the same on both sides. | |||
* Choose " View > Directory Comparison > Enable" (or type CTRL-O). | * Choose " View > Directory Comparison > Enable" (or type CTRL-O). | ||
You will now see color-coded differences between copies of the same file on the different machines, observing the following convention: | You will now see color-coded differences between copies of the same file on the different machines, observing the following convention: | ||
* Identical | * Identical directories and files (same name and same date and time of the last change) in the local computer and in the remote server : They are highlighted in green in the remote server list. | ||
* | * Directories and files only present in the local computer or in the remote server : They are highlighted in yellow in the list of the location where they reside. | ||
* | * Directories and files with the same name in the local computer and in the remote server but with different time of the last change : | ||
** IF | ** IF 'View => Directory comparison => Compare modification time was selected: They are highlighted in green in the local server list. (Writer's observation: I didn't test the possibility of the file with the last change time to be in the remote server, but I believe that, also in this case, the green highlight shall be in the local computer list, to avoid ambiguity with the first case presented here, of 'identical folders and files'.) | ||
** IF | ** IF 'View => Directory comparison => Compare filesize was selected: There isn't any highlight, the folders or files in both the left and right panels remain with a white background. | ||
* | * Directories and files with the same name in the local computer and in the remote server but with different sizes : ......???........ (Writer's observation: They tend a lot to also have different last change times! I believe they should be displayed in the same form that those with different last change times, but I haven't do this test yet.) | ||
==File => Export...== | ==File => Export...== |
Revision as of 09:34, 5 February 2010
Directory Comparison
To quickly see differences between files on the local machine and the server :
- Choose View > Directory Comparison > and either :
- "compare file size" or
- "compare modification time."
- Enable the "Hide identical files" option if you don't want to be distracted by files considered the same on both sides.
- Choose " View > Directory Comparison > Enable" (or type CTRL-O).
You will now see color-coded differences between copies of the same file on the different machines, observing the following convention:
- Identical directories and files (same name and same date and time of the last change) in the local computer and in the remote server : They are highlighted in green in the remote server list.
- Directories and files only present in the local computer or in the remote server : They are highlighted in yellow in the list of the location where they reside.
- Directories and files with the same name in the local computer and in the remote server but with different time of the last change :
- IF 'View => Directory comparison => Compare modification time was selected: They are highlighted in green in the local server list. (Writer's observation: I didn't test the possibility of the file with the last change time to be in the remote server, but I believe that, also in this case, the green highlight shall be in the local computer list, to avoid ambiguity with the first case presented here, of 'identical folders and files'.)
- IF 'View => Directory comparison => Compare filesize was selected: There isn't any highlight, the folders or files in both the left and right panels remain with a white background.
- Directories and files with the same name in the local computer and in the remote server but with different sizes : ......???........ (Writer's observation: They tend a lot to also have different last change times! I believe they should be displayed in the same form that those with different last change times, but I haven't do this test yet.)
File => Export...
Let you export any or all of the following contents:
- Site Manager entries;
- Settings
- Queue
The selected contents are saved in a .XML file that you can import to another computer, using the File => Import... option.