Simple folder synchronization software

Lixt · 05-15-2015, 11:58 AM

I'm looking for a simple folder synchronization software with following features:

1. Multiple folders in a single job.
2. 'Preview' in which it shows which files will be added and which will be removed. Those files that only change their location shouldn't be showed in the 'preview'.
3. Files that only change their location are moved (not deleted and copied anew).

I used to use dirsyncpro, which is up to these requirements except it always shows files that only change their location in 'preview' (or 'analyze') mode. Thus overloading the screen.

ButterflyMelissa · 05-16-2015, 02:03 PM

rsync? just thinking...
and...while you're at it...make that a cron job

Lixt · 05-17-2015, 12:01 AM

But if a file has changed it's location, say it was

dirA/1/file and now it's
dirA/2/file

rsync will show the deletion and the writing of the file. But not the changing of it's location. So it's hard to track which files only change their location. And it adds redundant information (delete/write instead of move).

ButterflyMelissa · 05-17-2015, 02:41 AM

hmm, then Rsync may not be chat you're after...sorry...