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SyncDiscs
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Disclaimer
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David Pilling accepts no responsibility for any loss of data
which occurs as a result of using this program, whether as a
result of correct or incorrect operation. You use SyncDiscs
at your own risk.
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This program makes the contents of two discs or directories
the same. I wrote it to allow me to keep an exact copy of my
hard disc on a removable disc. No doubt it would also be of
use for synchronising a portable computers disc with that on
a main machine.
Clicking on the iconbar icon will reveal a window.
The top three icons can have directories dropped into them.
If Shift is held down the directory name will be appended to
the current contents of the icon, with a comma in between.
If Control is held down the directory leaf will have one
element removed - this is useful if you want to enter the
root directory of a disc.
The first icon is 'Primary' this is the main directory the
one that you want to make the other directory like.
The second icon is 'Secondary' this is the directory which
is to be changed.
The third icon is 'Scrap' - any files which have to be deleted
from the Secondary directory are moved here. If the scrap
directory is left blank, then scrap files will be deleted.
All three icons can have more than one directory name in,
separated by commas.
A number of options are provided.
These allow any newer files which are found on the secondary
to be copied back to the primary. Another option allows
extra files on the secondary to be copied back. However note
that this option may result in the 77 files in a directory
limit being breached.
Finally a log file can be created showing what has gone on.
The Save button will save the contents of the window -
allowing the same operation to be easily repeated.
It is possible to call !SyncDiscs with some command line arguments.
You'd do this if you wanted to automate the backup procedure. For
example !SyncDiscs can be run from the !Alarm application.
The arguments are;
-quit Makes the program execute and then quit
-primary <path> Set the primary path
-secondary <path> Set the secondary path
-scrap <path> Set the scrap path
-log <file) Set the log file name
Missing command line arguments default to the configured values.
For example if no -log argument is provided, the value entered in the
window is used.
David Pilling
Release 1.01 05/11/97
Fixed problem where some times are not compared correctly
Release 1.02 19/11/97