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Profile Settings - Comparison

Normally, files are compared primarily based on their timestamp - the time and date of the last modification. However, in some cases, the timestamp may be (slightly) different, but the files are really the same. To cope with that, some special cases can be recognized by Super Flexible File Synchronizer.

So, If and only if the file sizes are identical:

Ignore 2 Second Time Differences

If this option is checked, timestamps with deviations of two seconds or less are considered identical. This is needed when synchronizing files between FAT and NTFS file systems, because FAT file systems can only store even numbers as seconds.

Ignore Exact 1 Hour Time Differences

This setting may often be useful to compensate for different computers or filesystems and how they treat daylight savings time. Sometimes, the timestamps reported by the operating system differ by exactly one hour even though they are really the same. With this option checked, this problem will be solved, and it is irrelevant whether the left or the right side of the comparison is one hour behind.

Ignore Seconds

This setting causes the program to ignore seconds when comparing the timestamps of two files.

Ignore Timestamp Altogether

This setting should be rarely used. Files of the same size are assumed to be identical regardless of the timestamp. You should only use this setting if you know exactly why.

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