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Profile Settings - Versioning
Versioning allows you to keep multiple versions of each file on the destination side, or even on both sides. Older versions are usually renamed so that multiple versions of a file can reside in the same versioning folder.
A related special feature is "Filename Encoding", which will add the modification timestamp to all files on the right-hand side, not just the older versions.
Keep Older Versions When Replacing
When files on one side are replaced by newer versions from the other, Syncovery can keep the older versions by renaming and/or moving them. You can specify how many backup versions to keep.
You can choose between various renaming ways:
Add .$1$., .$2$. etc.
For example, a file named letter.doc would be renamed to letter.$1$.doc. The next older version would be letter.$2$.doc, and so forth.
Add Timestamp
This way of renaming adds the timestamp to the filename.
Filename Encoding: On Right Side, Put Timestamp Into All File Names
(Also Preserves Timestamp on Servers That Normally Lose It)
Filename Encoding is the recommended way to do a versioning backup as well as preserve the timestamps on sites that don't accept timestamps.
Putting the timestamp into the file names can serve two purposes when backing up data:
Some cloud servers don't accept the original file timestamps natively. To serve as a fully transparent side for the synchronization, the timestamp has to be retained somehow. Filename Encoding can be the solution because the time stamp will be shown fully correct in future runs of the profile. The encoded filename will be decoded by Syncovery and the original filename will be shown with the correct timestamp.
To keep multiple versions of the same file on the destination.
Filename Encoding is also the way of renaming used when using Synthetic Backup.
See also Versioning and Filename Encoding on our web site.
See also:
Upper Part Of Dialog Box
Advanced Settings