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Profile Settings - Folders

Create Empty Folders
Here, you can specify whether empty folders are replicated. The setting can also be used to avoid creating a empty folders which are shown as empty only because of your filename masks (inclusions/exclusions).

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.

Remove Folders That Were Emptied
Rarely Used! This is not necessary to create an Exact Mirror. In Exact Mirror mode, non-existent folders are deleted from the destination by default. In SmartTracking mode, deleted folders are deleted from the other side without this setting, too. This option is something different (see below).

If you would like folders that are emptied during the profile run to be removed also, activate this setting. One use case for the setting is the operating mode "Move Files To Destination" where you can choose to delete emptied folders on the source side with this checkmark.

On right side, create a new folder each time
If you are using the profile for backup purposes, you may want to direct your regular backup into a new folder each time. This folder will be created, and it will contain the current date of the backup in the folder name. You must combine this setting with the two "Archive" flag settings on the Filters tab sheet. The "Archive" flags will signal to the software that a file needs to be backed up. Because older backups are contained in various separate folders, the software cannot check whether a file is already contained in an older backup. Therefore, it must depend on the "Archive" flag if you are directing each backup into a separate folder.

Flat Right Side (no folders)
This is a rarely used setting. If you would like to move or copy files from a folder tree on the left side into a flat folder without subfolders on the right side, then use this setting. Files from any subfolder on the left-hand side will be copied into the base folder on the right-hand side.

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. 

Ensure Folder Timestamps Reflect the Most Recently Modified File in the Subtree
This option offers a solution to the following problem: in Windows, 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.

After Copying and Other Actions, Touch Affected Parent Folders 
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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.


See also: 
Upper Part Of Dialog Box
Advanced Settings