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Sync ONLY files Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:14 pm • by charlesnoodlesoft
Hi all. I absolutely LOVE this program. But (there goes the "but") I'll go straight to the point.

I want to make a sync of only files from FolderA to FolderZ, disregarding any folders from FolderA.

In other words, if FolderA has folders (and maybe even subfolders inside them), they shouldn't be synced to FolderZ. Only their containing files.

Why not use "copy" instead of "sync"?
Because any files that were deleted from FolderA should disappear from FolderZ. If you "copy" files from FolderA to FolderZ, any files that were previously copied from FolderA to FolderZ would remain in FolderZ forever, and I don't want this.

Here's the example of what I'd like to do:

FolderA has:
FolderB > file1, file2
FolderC > file3, file4

when synced with FolderZ...

FolderZ should have:
file1, file2, file3, file4


Let's say that, in the future, file1 is deleted from where it was in FolderA (which until now was inside FolderB) and is nowhere to be found ANYWHERE in FolderA (even other containing folders or subfolders inside FolderA).
When sync occurs from FolderA to FolderZ, file1 should disappear from FolderZ.

Here's the example:

If "file1" was deleted from anywhere inside FolderA:

FolderA now has:
FolderB > file2
FolderC > file3, file4

And sync occurs from FolderA to FolderZ:

FolderZ should have:
file2, file3, file4


Any clues as to how, or if, one could accomplish this?

Thank you so much.
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Re: Sync ONLY files Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:04 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Maybe you could rig something via a script but no way to do that with the built-in capabilities.
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