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Profile Settings - Folders/More
Never Delete Any Folders (Only Files)
In Exact Mirror or SmartTracking modes, this setting will cause empty folders to remain even if the logic would normally cause them to be deleted.
After Copying and Other Actions, Touch Affected Parent Folders
On the
Left-Hand Side / Right-Hand Side
This feature was introduced in Syncovery 9. It is automatically activated when doing (near)-Real-Time synchronization over Internet Protocols such as FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV. To use it in other scenarios, the feature has been made available on this tab sheet.
When this functionality is chosen, Syncovery will update folder timestamps across the complete hierarchy so that they reflect recent changes. The result is that another Syncovery job (on another machine) can use these timestamps to quickly find the folders with changes, and perform a quick scan rather than a complete folder scan.
This feature is necessary because most file systems do not update all parent folder timestamps when a change has occurred in a subfolder.
Scan Destination Subfolders Even If Not Present On Source Side (To Detect Moved Files)
This behavior is only optional in Standard Copying mode. The checkmark determines whether Syncovery will scan all subfolders on the destination, or only those that also exist on the source side. Traversing into all subfolders can help detecting moved files to avoid re-copying them. In the SmartTracking and Exact Mirror modes, Syncovery will always look into all subfolders on both sides (except deselected or excluded ones).
Ensure Folder Timestamps Reflect the Most Recently Modified File in the Subtree
This option offers a solution to the following problem: on most systems, folder timestamps are updated when a file in the folder changes or a new file is added. However, only the direct parent folder of changed files are updated. Folders further up in the hierarchy will still show an older modification date. For this reason, folder timestamps cannot safely be used as a filter because an older date in a folder doesn't mean that there aren't newer files in any subfolder.
When making a copy of a folder hierarchy, Syncovery can make sure that on the destination side, the folder timestamps do really reflect the most recently modified file in the complete subtree. This folder timestamp adjustment is only made on the destination side. The use case for this is that if you use additional profiles to distribute your files further from this profile's destination, then you will be able to use folder timestamps for filtering.
Use Intermediate Copying Location
This setting will copy the files to an intermediate location first. When this part of the copying is complete, the files will then be moved to their final destination. This is rarely used.
Create Folder Symlinks from Destination to Source - Don't Copy Any Files
In this very special mode, Syncovery won't copy any files and won't create any folders. Instead, it will scan only the topmost level (the profile's base folders) and will create symbolic links on the destination side for any subfolders, and each symbolic link will point to a subfolder on the source side.
Split Job Based on Folder Mask...
This option makes it possible to save memory by running jobs in smaller subsets. Please use this only based on instructions from our tech support. It is usually not necessary because Syncovery can split jobs after X million files. The setting for this splitting is on the Advanced tab sheet of the Program Settings dialog.