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Jawen H'gar
Jawen H'gar

Reputation: 1

Sync Specific Folders with Beyond Compare 4

I want to Sync to folders with Beyond Compare 4. I am working on two systems and want to keep my data updated. I do not want to sync all folders from left to right just specific ones. For Examples in Folder-right is only FolderA in Folder-left is FolderA and also FolderB and FolderC. So it looks like this

--Folder-left---FolderA         Folder-right---FolderA
            |---FolderB
            |---FolderC

So in this case it should only sync FolderA (and all subfolder/files)

My Script file looks like this for syncing right to left

load "folder_left" "folder_right"

option confirm:yes-to-all

sync update:right->left

This works. But when i use update:left->right it also copies FolderB and FolderC which I don't want to.

Is there a way to sync Folder-left to right only when the Folder exists on both sides.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 41

Answers (1)

Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy

Reputation: 2909

Beyond Compare can't limit a sync to folders that exist on both sides. To prevent FolderB and FolderC from syncing, use a filename filter.

Multiple filters are separated with semicolons. The .\ prefix makes a filter match an exact path relative to the base folder. Using the filter -FolderB\ without the prefix will filter a folder named FolderB at any depth in the tree.

option confirm:yes-to-all
filter "-.\FolderB\;-.\FolderC\"
load "folder_left" "folder_right"
sync update:right->left

Upvotes: 0

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