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| The section defines criteria for determining whether two files (local and remote) are the same or not. | The section defines criteria for determining whether two files (local and remote) are the same or not. | ||
| - | With //Modification time// checked (default) two files are considered different when they have different timestamps. | + | With //**Modification time**// checked (default) two files are considered different when they have different timestamps. |
| - | 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. |
| - | With //Checksum// checked two files are considered different when they have different checksums. The option is not available with //Both// direction selected. Requires [[protocols#checksum|support for calculating checksum]]. SHA-256 checksum is used by default, with automatic fallback to SHA-1, when not supported. | + | With //**Checksum**// checked two files are considered different when they have different checksums. The option is not available with //Both// direction selected. Requires [[protocols#checksum|support for calculating checksum]]. SHA-256 checksum is used by default, with automatic fallback to SHA-1, when not supported. |
| - | 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. | + | 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. |
| When no option is checked, existing files are considered the same always. So only new files are synchronized. | When no option is checked, existing files are considered the same always. So only new files are synchronized. | ||
| - | With //Both// direction selected, //Modification time// is always checked and the other criteria are unchecked. | + | 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. |
| - | Use the //Case sensitive// checkbox to make WinSCP consider files with the same name but a different letter case to be different. | + | Use the //**Case sensitive**// checkbox to make WinSCP consider files with the same name but a different letter case to be different. |
| ===== [[saving_options]] Saving Options ===== | ===== [[saving_options]] Saving Options ===== | ||