Synchronize Dirs: custom menu commands

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Synchronize Dirs: custom menu commands

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"Compare by content" or "compare left & right" only compares the actual file content of both selected files.
It is not possible to select a plugin in the "compare contents" window to compare for example the metadata information (exif/iptc/xmp) of two image files or compare the text of two docx (zip) files.

In the file window this can be solved by creating a custom command that first extracts the needed information (for example the metadata information of the two selected images) to two new files and then starts tcmd with the command line parm to compare those two new files.

But as far as I know it isn't possible to use custom commands in "synchronize dirs".
Is it possible to add custom commands in the right click menu of the "synchronize dirs" window ?
..or add the ability to select a plugin in the "compare contents" window ?
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Re: Synchronize Dirs: custom menu commands

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Enable "by content" in TC's Synchronize feature and then a custom search using plugins can be added/defined. Note that this is limited to plugins, so custom commands are not possible.

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Re: Synchronize Dirs: custom menu commands

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Enable "by content" in TC's Synchronize feature and then a custom search using plugins can be added/defined. Note that this is limited to plugins, so custom commands are not possible.
Hi Dalai,

The ContentCompareFiles plugins can only return an int to specify which icon must be displayed in "Synchronize directories".
That's different from right clicking in "synchronize directories" and selecting "compare left & right" which opens the "Compare contents" window where you can see the difference between the two files in a textual form.

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Re: Synchronize Dirs: custom menu commands

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Well, AFAIK that's the only thing available in TC's Synchronize directories feature. If you need to know where and which differences there are in files (or their metadata), you can only compare them manually, not in Synchronize directories. However, I'm quite sure that it's possible to create scripts which can be used for such purpose - Batch, AutoHotkey, AutoIT, VBS, PowerShell ....

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