<sect1 id="synchronizer">
<title>Synchronizer</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>Synchronizer</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 id="synchronizer_introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>This function compares two directories with all subdirectories and shows the differences between them.
After selecting some options and the
<guilabel>Compare</guilabel> function you can synchronize the
files and directories. One panel could be an &FTP;
server. Do not forget the
<guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel> option if the file size
stays equal. Choose
<emphasis role="bold">
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Commands</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Synchronize Directories</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</emphasis>or
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
<keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo> to start this feature. The
<link linkend="konfig-color">colors</link> are
configurable.
The synchronizer has it's own <link linkend="synchronizer_keybindings">keybindings</link>.
</para>
<note>
<para>For local files: The synchronizer changes the date
information to the original dates.</para>
</note>
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<para>
<orderedlist>
<title>Procedure:</title>
<listitem>
<para>Set the
<guilabel>Left directory</guilabel> and the
<guilabel>Right directory</guilabel> that you want to compare.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Configure the optional
<guilabel>File Filter</guilabel>,
<guilabel>General Filters</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Advanced filters</guilabel>. The
<guilabel>General Filters</guilabel> includes a
<guilabel>don't search in</guilabel> option which lets you
exclude directories from comparision.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Set the
<link linkend="synccomp_checkb_options">Checkbox
options</link>:
<guilabel>Recurse subdirectories</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Follow symlinks</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Ignore Date</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Asymmetric</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Ignore Case</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Hidden hidden files</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Click on the
<guibutton>Compare</guibutton> button to compare the
directories.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>By using
<link linkend="synccomp_show_options">Show options</link>,
you can include/exclude particular file types. The files that
are not on the list will be untouched by
synchronization.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If needed, you can change the
<guilabel>Task</guilabel> operations determined by the
Comparator with the
<link linkend="synccomp_right-click">right click
menu</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>When you agree with the
<guibutton>Compare</guibutton> results, click on the
<guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton> button to show the
synchronize dialog.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>After selecting the options of the
<link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronizer</link>, click on
the
<guibutton>Start</guibutton> button to start the
synchronization process.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>A detailed explanation of all the functions and
buttons is described in the following text.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="synchronizer_comparator">
<title>Comparator</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Panel elements</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Left Directory</guilabel>: The left side base
directory.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Right Directory</guilabel>: The right side
base directory.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>File Filter</guilabel>: Filters the filenames
at synchronizing. e.g.
<literal role="extension">*.png</literal> selects only
files the names of which end with
<literal role="extension">.png</literal> Directories are
listed if the directory name ends with
<literal role="extension">.png</literal> or if the
directory contains files which end with
<literal role="extension">.png</literal> Multiple
include/exclude example:
<literal role="extension">'*.cpp *.h |
*.moc.cpp'</literal>includes
<literal role="extension">*.cpp *.h</literal> and
exclude
<literal role="extension">*.moc.cpp</literal></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>General filters</guilabel>: Search for,
containing text</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Advanced filters</guilabel>: Size, date,
ownership</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Filename filtering criteria</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>You can make use of wild cards. Multiple patterns
are separated by space (means logical OR) and patterns
are excluded from the search using the pipe symbol. If
the pattern is ended with a slash (*pattern*/), it
means that pattern relates to recursive search of
directories.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>pattern - means to search those files/directories
whose name is a pattern, recursive search goes through
all subdirectories independently of the value of the
pattern.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>pattern/ - means to search all files/directories,
but recursive search goes through/excludes the
directories whose name is a pattern.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>You can use quotation marks for names
that contain spaces. Filter "Program Files" searches
out those files/directories the name of which is <filename>Program
Files</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Examples:</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal role="extension">*.o</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal role="extension">*.h *.c??</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal role="extension">*.cpp *.h |
*.moc.cpp</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal role="extension">* | CVS/ .svn/</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Note: the search term 'text' is equivalent to
'*text*'.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="synccomp_checkb_options">
<term>Checkbox options</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Recurse subdirectories</guilabel>: The
Synchronizer walks through subdirectories when
comparing.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Follow symlinks</guilabel>: The Synchronizer
follows the symbolic links to directories (not the
files!).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel>: The files
the sizes of which are equal will be compared by content as
well.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Ignore Date</guilabel>: Ignores the date
information (useful for &FTP;, smb, archive,
... ) the date information is relevant *only* in the
local file system.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Asymmetric</guilabel>: The
<guilabel>Left Directory</guilabel> is the target
directory, the
<guilabel>Right Directory</guilabel> is the source
directory. This functions synchronizes the content of
the left directory to the right directory.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The files that exist only on the left side
will be deleted.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The files that exist only on the right side
will be copied to left.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The files considered to be equal will be
untouched.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Those files considered to be different will
be copied to left. Use this feature with
care!</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>This function is useful if the date
information is unusable, or to synchronize the left
directory to the content of a file server (like a
download). Alternatively, it is useful to make a backup
from the right directory to the left directory. NOTE:
Do NOT use this option to synchronize a desktop and a
notebook (e.g. files that exist only on the
left side will be deleted!).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Automatic Scrolling</guilabel>: This is for
slow &FTP; servers, ... When the
Synchronizer has finished comparing a file, it puts the
file into the end of the list at once and scrolls the
window, if necessary. It is important, if you want to
know what the Synchronizer is doing. If the
&FTP; server is slow, the comparison of a
directory may take a lot of time. By turning this
option on, you can see that the comparator is "alive",
but slow. For fast file systems, it can reduce the
speed of comparing slightly.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Ignore Case</guilabel>: Case insensitive filename compare,
this is useful when synchronizing &Windows; filesystems.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Ignore hidden files</guilabel>: Ignores files that start with a dot.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>When everything mentioned above is done, click on the
<guibutton>Compare</guibutton> button to compare the directories,
the results are displayed in the <guilabel>File List</guilabel>.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>File List</term>
<listitem>
<para>The
<guilabel>File List</guilabel> has the following columns:
"Left name | Left size | Left time | Task | Right time |
Right size | Right name".
Here you can check the compare results and modify the synchronisation actions if desired.
The text color defines the default copy direction determined by the comparator.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Green: Copy from left to right.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Blue: Copy from right to left or delete on the right side in asymmetric mode.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Red: Files which are different by the given criteria (no copy direction).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Black: Files which are identical (no copy direction).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
A double click on a file calls the &krusader;s <guilabel>Compare by content</guilabel> function.
The Tasks (<=>) column defines the default copy direction, which can be modified by the user if needed.
The results window supports dragging items to other windows ( drag [left], SHIFT+drag [right] )
and copy left/right selected items to clipboard (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>c</keycap></keycombo>).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>File List</guilabel>: Tasks (<=>) column</term>
<listitem>
<para>This column displays the task that is planned for the
Synchronizer, this task can be modified with the
<link linkend="synccomp_right-click">right click menu</link>.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>-></guibutton>: Copy from the
left side to the right side. For directories:
<command>mkdir</command> in the right side.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>=</guibutton>: The files are the same, do not
do anything.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>!=</guibutton>: The file is excluded, or the
Synchronizer does not know what to do.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton><-</guibutton>: copy from the
right side to the left side. For directories:
<command>mkdir</command> in the left side</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>DEL</guibutton>: delete files from the right
side.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="synccomp_show_options">
<term>Show options</term>
<listitem>
<para>Here you can include/exclude particular file types.
Those files, that are not in the list, will be untouched at
synchronization.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>-></guibutton>: Enable/Disable
the copy task from left to right.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>=</guibutton>: Enable/Disable listing the
equal files.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>!=</guibutton>: Enable/Disable listing the
excluded / "don't know what to do" files.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton><-</guibutton>: Enable/Disable
the copy task from right to left.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Trash</guibutton>: Enable/Disable the file
deleting from the left side task.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Duplicates</guibutton>: Enable/Disable those
files that exist on both sides.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Singles</guibutton>: Enable/Disable those
files that exist only on one side.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Action buttons</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Compare</guibutton>: Compares the
directories, the results are displayed on the
<guilabel>File List</guilabel>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Stop</guibutton>: Stops comparing.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton>: Shows the
synchronize dialog.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Close</guibutton>: Closes the Synchronizer
window.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>The Status line may contain</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The number of scanned directories while
comparing.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The filename when comparing by content (for big
files).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The number of files on the list.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="synccomp_right-click">
<term>Right click menu on the
<guilabel>File List</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>The right click menu is split up in three
sections:</para>
<para>1. change the
<guilabel>Task</guilabel> operations determined by the
Comparator. Select one or multiple files. The change will
be applied on the selection and not only on the right
clicked item. If the selected item is a directory, the
change will be applied on its files/subdirectories as
well.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Synchronize Directories</guibutton>: Starts
synchronization.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Exclude</guibutton>: Excludes a file/dir
from synchronization ( task change to != ).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Restore original operation</guibutton>: Task
change to the original result of comparison.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Reverse direction</guibutton>: Task change (
-> to <-, and
<- to -> ).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Copy from right to left</guibutton>: Task
change to <-.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Copy from left to right</guibutton>: Task
change to ->.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Delete ( left single )</guibutton>: Task
change to DEL.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>2. change the selections</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Select items</guibutton>: Opens a dialog
which allows you to select items. This is the
<guimenuitem>Select Group</guimenuitem> dialog from the
<link linkend="edit-menu">Edit menu</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Unselect items</guibutton>: Opens a dialog
which allows you to deselect items. This is the
<guimenuitem>Unselect Group</guimenuitem> dialog from
the <link linkend="edit-menu">Edit menu</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Invert selection</guibutton>: Invert the
selection status of all items.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>3. others (note that the following operations work on the
right-clicked file and not on the selection).</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>View left file</guibutton>: Starts viewer on
the left file.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>View right file</guibutton>: Starts viewer
on the right file.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Compare Files</guibutton>: Starts the diff
utility (e.g. &kompare;) on the
files.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Other buttons</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Profiles</guibutton>: If you have to
synchronize the same directories often, you can save the
settings e.g. include files, exclude files,
... Press the
<guibutton>Profile</guibutton> button, and you will be
able to add / load / save / remove synchronizer
profiles.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Swap sides</guibutton>: Swaps the
<guilabel>File List</guilabel>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Synchronize with <application>kget</application></term>
<listitem>
<para>If you want to synchronize a local directory with an
unstable ftp server, <application>kget</application> is a much better
solution than simple file copying. After comparing you may
right click on the result list and select
<guimenuitem>Synchronize with kget</guimenuitem> to execute
the synchronization, after that the listed files will be
downloaded with kget instead of krusader. Of course
<application>kget</application> needs to be installed on
your computer; otherwise, it will not be available.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="synchronizer_sychronisation">
<title>Sychronisation</title>
<para>After pressing the
<guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton> button the synchronization
dialog appears.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Check boxes</term>
<listitem>
<para>Here you confirm the copy and delete operations of
the Synchronizer</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Right to left</guilabel>: copy X1 files ( Y1
bytes ) enable / disable the copy from right to
left.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Left to right</guilabel>: copy X2 files ( Y2
bytes ) enable / disable the copy from left to
right.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Left</guilabel>: delete X3 files ( Y3 bytes )
enable / disable the left side deleting.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Confirm overwrites</guilabel>: By switching
this option on, Krusader will show the
<guibutton>rename, skip, overwrite, skip all, overwrite
all</guibutton> dialog box, before overwriting the
file.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Status labels</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Ready</guilabel>: A1/A2 files, B1/B2. This
line is changed at synchronizing, showing that
synchronizer finished with A1 files from A2 ( B1 bytes
from B2 ).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Progress bar</guilabel>: Shows the progress
on the synchronization (based on bytes).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Action buttons</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Start</guibutton>: Starts
synchronization.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Pause / Resume</guibutton>: Pauses/resumes
the synchronization process.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Close</guibutton>: Closes the
synchronization dialog (and stops
synchronization).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Parallel synchronization</term>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>One can give the number of the 'quasy'
threads.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Can drastically increase the speed when
synchronized with slow FTP servers.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Does not affect the speed of local
synchronization.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Remote "compare by content" and "directory
compare" is done in parallel.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Remote synchronization is also done in parallel,
except the mkdir tasks (mkdir must be before
copy).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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