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This simple task has been extremely frustrating. I have a unique case where I require a folder sync-ed to another folder, but on one side there is a folder structure with subfolders, on the other I have the folder "Flat" (it strips all the files out of the folders).
I have done this with software called Syncovery, and it works (mostly).
Unfortunately, it does NOT seem to copy every file, as there is a discrepancy (of about 100 files) between the source and destination, with the total being 2900 files or so in the source, and about 100 less in the destination.
The program provides a log, but it only threw about 10 conflicts, clearly not enough to explain the discrepancy (Notes: when one uses flat files, inevitably some files share the same name - so I renamed all such files, additionally I have told the program to ignore certain temp files (e.g. thumbs.db)).
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1. Nevertheless I now want to compare the two folders and see which files are present in the source but not the destination. This has proven immensely difficult. I have tried 3 different file comparison tools and 2 explorer replacements, and they all exhibit the exact same behavior:
They list all the files in one folder as different from all the files in the other - I can only imagine this is because one folder is the flattened version of the other one, and the programs are somehow NOT comparing the exact file names (despite that being the option I chose), but are being confused by the file pathnames - which are different of course.
2. Does anyone have any prior experience with this sort of thing?
3. Additionally; I have realized that perhaps the best way to deal with such cases is to just copy the folder initially with something like TeraCopy where I can verify the exact files, and THEN set up a sync software program which will handle new files.
Thanks in advance...
I have done this with software called Syncovery, and it works (mostly).
Unfortunately, it does NOT seem to copy every file, as there is a discrepancy (of about 100 files) between the source and destination, with the total being 2900 files or so in the source, and about 100 less in the destination.
The program provides a log, but it only threw about 10 conflicts, clearly not enough to explain the discrepancy (Notes: when one uses flat files, inevitably some files share the same name - so I renamed all such files, additionally I have told the program to ignore certain temp files (e.g. thumbs.db)).
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1. Nevertheless I now want to compare the two folders and see which files are present in the source but not the destination. This has proven immensely difficult. I have tried 3 different file comparison tools and 2 explorer replacements, and they all exhibit the exact same behavior:
They list all the files in one folder as different from all the files in the other - I can only imagine this is because one folder is the flattened version of the other one, and the programs are somehow NOT comparing the exact file names (despite that being the option I chose), but are being confused by the file pathnames - which are different of course.
2. Does anyone have any prior experience with this sort of thing?
3. Additionally; I have realized that perhaps the best way to deal with such cases is to just copy the folder initially with something like TeraCopy where I can verify the exact files, and THEN set up a sync software program which will handle new files.
Thanks in advance...
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