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| drop-down (martin) | 6.2.1 Issue 52 – Use file hash as criterion for synchronization (martin) | ||
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| With //File size// checked two files are considered different when they have different sizes. The option is not available with //Both// direction selected. When using the option, you should avoid [[transfer_mode|text transfer mode]] as it may change the file size. | With //File size// checked two files are considered different when they have different sizes. The option is not available with //Both// direction selected. When using the option, you should avoid [[transfer_mode|text transfer mode]] as it may change the file size. | ||
| - | When both options are checked, //Modification time// has higher priority. As a consequence, in the default //Synchronize files// [[task_synchronize_full#mode|synchronization mode]], a file is not considered updated, despite having different size, if the source file is older than the destination file. | + | With //Checksum// checked two files are considered different when they have different checksums. The option is not available with //Both// direction selected. &beta_feature |
| - | When neither option is checked, existing files are considered the same always. So only new files are synchronized. | + | When //Modification time// is checked along with any other the other two, it has higher priority. As a consequence, in the default //Synchronize files// [[task_synchronize_full#mode|synchronization mode]], a file is not considered updated, despite having different size or checksum, if the source file is older than the destination file. |
| - | With //Both// direction selected, //Modification time// is always checked and //File size// unchecked. | + | When no option is checked, existing files are considered the same always. So only new files are synchronized. |
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| + | With //Both// direction selected, //Modification time// is always checked and the other criteria are unchecked. | ||
| For //Synchronize timestamps// mode checkbox //Same size only// is available. It makes WinSCP update timestamp of the files, that have same size in both directories, only. The mode is available with [[sftp|SFTP protocol]] only. | For //Synchronize timestamps// mode checkbox //Same size only// is available. It makes WinSCP update timestamp of the files, that have same size in both directories, only. The mode is available with [[sftp|SFTP protocol]] only. | ||