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* Choose View > Directory Comparison > and either :  
* Choose View > Directory Comparison > and either :  
** "compare file size" or  
** "compare file size" or  
** "compare modification time." (You also hide identical files by checking that option.)
** "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 folders 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.  
* 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.  
* Folders and files only present in the local computer or in the remote server : They are highlighted in yellow in the list of the local where they are.   
* 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.   
* Folders and files with the same name in the local computer and in the remote server but with different time of the last change :  
* 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 it was selected 'View => Directory comparison => Compare modification time : 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 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 it was selected 'View => Directory comparison => Compare filesize : There isn't any highlight, the folders or files in both the left and right panels remain with a white background.  
** 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.  
* Folders 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.)
* 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.


File => Show files currently being edited...

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