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| ui_synchronize_checklist 2018-10-17 | ui_synchronize_checklist 2024-11-22 (current) | ||
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| - | ===== Information Displayed ===== | + | ===== [[information_displayed]] Information Displayed ===== |
| In the checklist, there is one row per each synchronization action. For each action, you can see the action type, visualized by icon. | In the checklist, there is one row per each synchronization action. For each action, you can see the action type, visualized by icon. | ||
| - | * //Green arrows// indicate a new file that does not exist in the target/destination directory and will be copied to the directory that the arrow points to·((If the box on the left is checked.)). | + | * //Green arrows// indicate a new file that does not exist in the target/destination directory and will be copied to the directory that the arrow points to.((If the box on the left is checked.)) |
| - | * //Red arrows// indicate a changed file that will be copied to the directory (overwriting the file with the same name) that the arrow points to·((If the box on the left is checked.)). | + | * //Red arrows// indicate a changed file that will be copied to the directory (overwriting the file with the same name) that the arrow points to.((If the box on the left is checked.)) |
| - | * And finally //red crosses// indicate a file that only exists in the target/destination directory and will be deleted·((If the box on the left is checked.)). | + | * And finally //red crosses// indicate a file that only exists in the target/destination directory and will be deleted.((If the box on the left is checked.)) |
| For each action you can see also name of the file or directory (directories end with slash and can be distinguished also by an icon), and their attributes in either local or remote directory or both (for updated files). Columns //Local/Remote directory// indicate location of the files/directories relative to root directory of synchronization. | For each action you can see also name of the file or directory (directories end with slash and can be distinguished also by an icon), and their attributes in either local or remote directory or both (for updated files). Columns //Local/Remote directory// indicate location of the files/directories relative to root directory of synchronization. | ||
| - | For directories, sizes are not shown initially. Sizes of checked directories are calculated once the dialog is submitted. You can calculate the sizes of selected directories in advance using //Calculate// button. &beta_feature | + | For directories, sizes are not shown initially. Sizes of checked directories are calculated once the dialog is submitted. You can calculate the sizes of selected directories in advance using //Calculate// button (//Tools > Calculate////in the latest beta version//, where you can also use //Calculate > Calculate All//). &beta |
| - | ===== Selecting Actions ===== | + | ===== [[selecting_actions]] Selecting Actions ===== |
| - | To select actions to be applied, use checkbox at the very beginning of each row. To check more actions at a time, select them and use buttons //(Un)Check// or context menu.·Note that you can select all actions or certain type (like local file updates) by clicking on respective section of status bar (at the bottom of the window). To add the actions to the existing selection, hold down ''Ctrl'' key, while clicking. | + | To select actions to be applied, use checkbox at the very beginning of each row. To check more actions at a time, select them and use buttons //(Un)Check// or context menu. |
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| + | Note that you can select all actions of a certain type (like local file updates) by clicking on respective section of status bar (at the bottom of the window). To add the actions to the existing selection, hold down ''Ctrl'' key, while clicking. | ||
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| + | You can also (un)check all actions in certain directory and its subdirectories by using command //(Un)Check All Actions in This Directory// from a context menu of any action from that directory. | ||
| Note that initially only those actions that you have requested by your synchronization options will be checked. I.e. if you have not enabled option //Delete files//, the deletion actions will be unchecked. | Note that initially only those actions that you have requested by your synchronization options will be checked. I.e. if you have not enabled option //Delete files//, the deletion actions will be unchecked. | ||
| - | ===== Reversing Action ===== | + | ===== [[reversing_action]] Reversing Action ===== |
| You can reverse an action using //Reverse// button. Actions are reversed as follows: | You can reverse an action using //Reverse// button. Actions are reversed as follows: | ||
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| * Delete file => New file transfer | * Delete file => New file transfer | ||
| - | ===== Resolving Renames ===== | + | ===== [[renames]] Resolving Renames and Moves ===== |
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| + | When a file (or a directory) is renamed or moved, synchronization sees it as an addition of one file and a deletion of another. | ||
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| + | If you want to avoid potentially lengthy and useless re-transfer of the renamed or moved file, you can make WinSCP rename the file in the target directory instead. Select the two actions that constitute the rename (a deletion and a new file transfer) and use command //Move//. Note that the file is renamed immediately, not only after the dialog is submitted. | ||
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| + | If you have moved set of files to a subfolder, you can use the //Move// command with a selection of moved files and target subfolder. The //Move// command will recreate the subfolder on the opposite side and move the selected files into it. &beta_feature | ||
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| + | Instead of locating the move pair manually, you can also use //Tools > Find Move Candidate// command. It searches for a deletion and a new file transfer action pair of files with the same size and either same name or same location. So it finds files that were either renamed or moved into another directory (but not files that were both renamed and moved). For directories, the size is not considered. Selecting the command again, finds another candidate pair. &beta_feature | ||
| - | When a file (or a directory) is renamed, synchronization sees it as an addition of one file a a deletion of another. | + | ===== [[browse]] Browsing Folders ===== |
| - | If you want to avoid potentially lengthy and useless re-transfer of the renamed file, you can make WinSCP rename the file in the target directory instead. Select the two actions that constitute the rename (a deletion and a new file transfer) and use command //Move//. Note that the file is renamed immediately, not only after the dialog is submitted. | + | Use //Browse Local Directory// or //Browse Remote Directory// in the action [[ui_context_menu|context menu]] to open the local or remote directories involved in the selected action. |
| - | &beta_feature | + | The local directory opens in Windows File Explorer. The remote directory opens in a new WinSCP window. If you are using the [[ui_commander|Commander interface]], WinSCP will open even the local directory in its local panel. |
| - | ===== Custom Commands ===== | + | ===== [[custom_commands]] Custom Commands ===== |
| Use //Commands// button to execute [[custom_command|custom command]] over pair of files (local and remote). Selection of custom commands is limited to those executed [[custom_command#types|both with local and remote files]] ("diff" commands). You have to select update action (blue arrow), i.e. where both local and remote file exists, to execute the custom command. | Use //Commands// button to execute [[custom_command|custom command]] over pair of files (local and remote). Selection of custom commands is limited to those executed [[custom_command#types|both with local and remote files]] ("diff" commands). You have to select update action (blue arrow), i.e. where both local and remote file exists, to execute the custom command. | ||