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descript.ion ignored inconsistantly

Posted: 2007-09-19, 01:17 UTC
by StatusQuo
In cm_FileSync (the Synchronize Dirs function) the files descript.ion and files.bbs are ignored (not displayed), but not in cm_CompareDirs (Shift-F2 or Mark -> Compare Directories).

I'd vote for treating them consistently in both functions - after synchronizing everything in cm_FileSync, there shouldn't be any differences found using cm_CompareDirs, IMO.
Putting those files on the ignore list would not be a workaround for me, because I like to see what is on my disk...

I hope I didn't overlook an existing parameter for this...

Posted: 2007-09-20, 19:15 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
In cm_comparedirs, they are ignored if you choose to copy comments with files. Then the comments themselves will be copied during sync, not the comment files.

In cm_CompareDirs, the comment files themselves will be selected, but when you copy more than one file afterwards, they will again be ignored.

Posted: 2007-09-20, 23:48 UTC
by StatusQuo
2ghisler(Author)
In cm_comparedirs, they are ignored if you choose to copy comments with files. Then the comments themselves will be copied during sync, not the comment files.
(I suppose you meant to write cm_FileSync here.)

Ah, I see - turning off "copy comments with files" lets the descript.ion-files be displayed in cm_FileSync, too.
Thank you for explaining, I'll think about turning this option off then.
In cm_CompareDirs, the comment files themselves will be selected, but when you copy more than one file afterwards, they will again be ignored.
Nice feature. Wouldn't you like cm_FileSync to behave the same way?

Posted: 2007-09-24, 16:41 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
Wouldn't you like cm_FileSync to behave the same way?
No, this would be very risky, you could lose a lot of comments this way...