SynchronizeDirs: compare by NTFS stream +by builtin comments

chojny · Post by *chojny » 2007-12-16, 15:21 UTC

Hello,
I have problem with synchronizing files and dirs:
1) containing NTFS stream (ADS - Alternate Data Stream).
2) containing builtin comments (files.bbs/description.ion)

Ad.1) I use Summary Information fields to comment & keyword files but I notice that TC didn't compares streams.

It is worth mention that stream can be associated with directory and it would be great to compare dirs' streams too.
Maybe there is some external compare/synchronize tool which compares streams? I tired compareIt but it doesn't check streams too.

Ad.2) I see that TC ignores files.bbs and description.ion files during comparison. It would be a very useful option "compare by comment"

Regards.
chojny

roentgen · Post by *roentgen » 2007-12-16, 15:31 UTC

M$ and most apps pretty much ignore NTFS streams, TC has a very basic comments system. I'd say it's an area not worth checking for the next 5 years.

chojny · Post by *chojny » 2007-12-16, 16:15 UTC

roentgen wrote: M$ and most apps pretty much ignore NTFS streams ...

Yes, that's right. Even MS SyncToy doesn't support streams!! Allway Sync doeas but I try to do as much as possible in TC:).
TC copies stream but not compares it so it's some kind of inconsistency. It's only my suggestion:).

..., TC has a very basic comments system.

Right, but it works well and I consider switching to TC comments system (so there will be no problem with NTFS stream).
I need some tool for files/dirs commenting + viewing/searching through comments. TC does it very well but I need some tool to synchronize it.

I tried to comment files/dirs by myself making some additional files (e.g. info.txt) but it wasn't efficient to explore such comments.