This menu is both an option on the Main Menu and the shortcut menu which opens when you use the right mouse button. It enables you to carry out the main file maintenance operations:
Option | Key | Button | Meaning |
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Scan | Ctrl+S |
Scan | Scan Target and Source and compare item stamps. |
Update selected | Ctrl+U |
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Copy, to Target, the selected
files that have a more recent date in Source. Files with the same time stamps but different size/attributes are updated if the Sizes are different/Attributes are different option in the Options dialog dialog is selected. |
Synchronize selected | Ctrl+Y |
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Copy, to each of the Target and Source directories, those selected files that have a more recent date in the other folder. |
Compare selected | Ctrl+C |
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Compare the entire contents of those selected files that have the same time stamp in both directories. Only errors are displayed by means of an Error dialog box.No news is good news! For the same reason, when the source and target files have different attributes, those that are different are reported. |
Update all | Copy to Target all files that have a more recent date in Source. Files with the same time stamps but different sizes/attributes will also be updated if the Sizes are different/Attributes are different option in the Options dialog dialog is selected. | ||
Synchronize all | Copy to each of the Target and Source directories all the files that have a more recent date in the other directory. | ||
Compare all | Compare the entire contents of all the files that have the same time stamp in both directories. If the files are different an Error dialog box dialog opens. No news is good news! For the same reason, when the source and target files have different attributes, those that are different are reported. | ||
Mirror | Ctrl+I | ![]() |
Like Update all, but items missing from Source will be eliminated from Target. Useful to make sure that the target directory is completely equal to the source and does not contain files that are no longer present in the source. However, it does nothing about files that are newer in target. |
Select different | Ctrl+F |
Select all files with different time stamps or that do not appear in both directories. | |
Select all | Ctrl+A |
Select all the files in the list. | |
Delete from source and target | Ctrl+D |
Send the selected files in both directories to the Recycle Bin (if available). | |
Delete from source | Send the selected files in the source directory to the Recycle Bin (if available). (But see zip files.) | ||
Delete from target | Send the selected files in the target directory to the Recycle Bin (if available). (But see zip files.) | ||
Eliminate from source and target | Remove the selected files from both directories.The files do not go to the Recycle Bin. | ||
Eliminate from source | Remove the selected files from the Source directory. The files do not go to the Recycle Bin. | ||
Eliminate from target | Remove the selected files from the Target directory. The files do not go to the Recycle Bin. | ||
Open both source and target | Ctrl+B |
Launch/View the selected source and target file(s). (See Options dialog box). (But see zip files.) | |
Open source file(s) | Ctrl+L |
Launch/View the selected source file(s). (But see zip files.) | |
Open target file(s) | Ctrl+R |
Launch/View the selected target file(s). (But see zip files.) | |
Send to another folder source file(s) | Copy the selected source file(s) to any directory. | ||
Send to another folder target file(s) | Copy the selected target file(s) to any directory. | ||
External compare | Ctrl+X |
Send source and target files to the external (compare) program specified in the Options dialog box. (But see zip files.) |