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Suggestion - Look at SyncToy

rick - August 15, 2007 - 12:14pm

I like Toucan and I am starting to migrate away from what I've been using... Microsoft SyncToy. SyncToy has worked very well for the year or so that I've been using it and I would like to suggest that it be reviewed for useful features. Just a few that I think would be very helpful are:

* option for checking file contents just in case size, date and time are same
* option to have overwritten files sent to Recycle Bin
* option to run all syncronization sets (or subsets) at one time
* review of the "sync" modes and clarification about deletions and renamed files
* a menu list of all of the available saved sync sets

I really like the "retain attributes" option. Thanks for all of the work!

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Sending anything to the

pkeffect (Homepage) - August 15, 2007 - 1:41pm

Sending anything to the recycle bin would make it "non-portable". This is because nothing deleted using the recycling bin is "gone". Windows just marks that space/file dumped to be overwritten later when the drive gets back around to that spot. It's very simple to recover anything put in and emptied from there.

Never use the recycle bin on anyones machine! Eye-wink

Maybe have them directed to Eraser Portable.
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Point Taken

rick - August 17, 2007 - 8:42pm

Point taken on the recycle bin. The counterpoint is that people make mistakes and options are good for customizing to an individual's needs. Sometimes it might be better to leave a trace than to regret that button press.

Anyway, SyncToy has some very nice capabilities that would make Toucan a better utility than it already is, so I hope it gets a look.

Oops,

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Steve Lamerton
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(Homepage) - August 18, 2007 - 3:50am

looks like I didn't reply to this one, sorry. Indeed I'll see what I can incorporate from SyncToy, although it'll probably go into the 1.3 series of releases as I am kind of wrapping up the 1.2 release at the moment

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