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| removing references to unsupported windows version + tags for supported versions (martin) | server need to support updating remote file timestamp (martin) | ||
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| | Local file system is FAT | File timestamp is always rounded to the next even second. This is a limitation of the legacy FAT filesystem. For this reason WinSCP ignores less than 2-seconds time difference with all its [[task_synchronize|synchronization]] features. Although FAT is an old filesystem, it remains in common use today on flash based storage media and devices (such as USB flash drives, camera cards, phone internal storage, portable audio players etc). Standard ZIP archive files also use a similar timestamp system internally, so unzipped files will behave as if they have been copied from a FAT filesystem. | | | Local file system is FAT | File timestamp is always rounded to the next even second. This is a limitation of the legacy FAT filesystem. For this reason WinSCP ignores less than 2-seconds time difference with all its [[task_synchronize|synchronization]] features. Although FAT is an old filesystem, it remains in common use today on flash based storage media and devices (such as USB flash drives, camera cards, phone internal storage, portable audio players etc). Standard ZIP archive files also use a similar timestamp system internally, so unzipped files will behave as if they have been copied from a FAT filesystem. | | ||
| | Timestamp precision | Files changed shortly after previous synchronization are not synchronized. [[SCP]] and [[FTP]] protocols are affected.((You can see in the remote [[ui_file_panel|file panel]], with what precision does WinSCP know the remote file timestamp. So if panel shows e.g. ''dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm'' (minute precision), then if you change already synchronized local file within the same minute, WinSCP cannot recognize the change and won't synchronize the file again.)) | | | Timestamp precision | Files changed shortly after previous synchronization are not synchronized. [[SCP]] and [[FTP]] protocols are affected.((You can see in the remote [[ui_file_panel|file panel]], with what precision does WinSCP know the remote file timestamp. So if panel shows e.g. ''dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm'' (minute precision), then if you change already synchronized local file within the same minute, WinSCP cannot recognize the change and won't synchronize the file again.)) | | ||
| + | | [[ui_transfer_custom#upload_options|Capability of updating remote file timestamp]] | Some servers do not allow updating remote file timestamp at all. This severely restricts synchronization functionality. Some FTP servers and most WebDAV servers are affected. | | ||
| Also note that for WinSCP to try to convert file timestamp at all, you need to have transfer option //[[ui_transfer_custom#common_options|Preserve timestamp]]// enabled. | Also note that for WinSCP to try to convert file timestamp at all, you need to have transfer option //[[ui_transfer_custom#common_options|Preserve timestamp]]// enabled. | ||