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Profile Settings - Zipping

There are two ways of using ZIP files. You can either

- ZIP the source files individually. On the right side, one ZIP file will be created for each file that is copied from the left-hand side to the right-hand side. The advantage of this method is that in future synchronizations, the zipped files are fully transparent and they will be shown in the Synchronization Preview as normal files. Since future synchronizations will see the zipped files as normal files, they will know exactly if they are still identical to the left-hand side. When copying these zipped files back
- Put many files in each ZIP file. The program calls these files ZIP Packages. In future runs, the files inside the ZIP Packages are not seen by the software. Therefore, you need to resort to the "Archive" flag in order to determine which files are new or changed and need to be backed up. ZIP Packages cannot be encrypted by Super Flexible File Synchronizer. ZIP Packages can also be used in order to speed up file transfer over a small or medium bandwidth network connection. If used that way, the ExtremeSync Remote Service must be installed on the destination machine and be configured properly.

ZIP Each File Individually (when copying left to right)

This method ZIPs each file individually as described above. The ZIP file will have the same name, plus a few digits encoding the uncompressed size of the file, plus the .zip extension. The uncompressed size needs to be encoded in the file name in order to make the ZIP file transparent for future synchronizations.

Use ZIP Packages (many files per ZIP archive)

This settings enables the use of ZIP Packages as described above. A separate dialog with some related options will appear when this option is chosen.

ZIP directly to destination

Normally, ZIP files are generated in a temporary folder and then copied to the destination. This setting changes that and generates the ZIP files directly in the destination folder. This setting cannot be used for FTP transfers.

Unzip all ZIP files

Normally, the program unzips only ZIP files that it has generated itself during a previous run. To unzip any ZIP file, when copying from right to left, use this setting.

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