https://sourceforge.net/p/foldersync/support-requests/Recent changes to support-requestsenSun, 29 Jul 2007 17:42:46 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/foldersync/support-requests/1/<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hi,</p> <p>I've played around with a number of folder synchronization programs on Windows.</p> <p>I settled on Robocopy for the moment. You might want to look at the Robocopy options as it may give you some ideas for things to implement.</p> <p>One important feature is the ability to mirror read-only files. Microsoft's SyncToy has a problem with this, but Robocopy handles it.</p> <p>My second priority has been the ability to copy open files. Robocopy doesn't do this, so I'm still looking for the perfect free program. I don't know if you have this problem in Linux; unlike Windows, I don't believe files are routinely locked when they are opened. The Windows solution is to use the shadow copy service. I don't know if there is any way to access this from Java and it's certainly a platform-specific feature, but it's necessary if a user wants to create a mirror backup.</p> <p>Anyway, other than I'm curious if you handle mirroring read-only files, the rest of this posting is just ideas for you.</p></div>Antonio FreixasSun, 29 Jul 2007 17:42:46 -0000https://sourceforge.net949597a75975739b3c5532b8cfd6893ed00aabd1