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Volume Names and renamed files
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:24 pm
by JPG
Is it possible to synchronize by volume name. I have a few pen drives I keep for different uses and would like the program to recognise the individual drive, not just where it is mounted.
Also is there a way for the program to recognise when a file name has been renamed, and offer the appropriate action, ---- rename the sync file.
Thanks
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:58 pm
by JPG
grigsoft wrote:Jon, do you mean you may have different drives connected at the same time, and when you run a job it should automatically find which drive to use for it?
Renaming is not currently catched - but I will think about it. If it is true renaming (without modification afterwards) it can be catched with history files usage, wih some additional work.
Igor.
I will try to explain this a different way.
If I use these Pen Drives in the same usb port ( at different times) they would all be recognised ( for example) by their drive letter. (S:)
Pen Drive 1 name Photos1:
Pen Drive 1 name Photos2:
Pen Drive 2 name Files1:
Pen Drive 3 name Files2:
If I run a project to do all my backups of pen drives at (S:) I thought it would be a good feature if the program would read the name (Photos1:)
and sync it. Of course sync could then just error report the other three Pen Drives.
second question.
catching renamed files is a feature of Microsofts free sync program. It was the only feature I liked about it, but one that is missing here. I don't know how it recognised the file name change.
Thanks very much for the reply.
Jon
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:45 pm
by grigsoft
I think maybe you will like my scheduler, which can get job running automatically when you connect disk. I will try to work out using volume name for sync.
And more closely work with rename syncing.
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:49 pm
by JPG
grigsoft wrote:I think maybe you will like my scheduler, which can get job running automatically when you connect disk. I will try to work out using volume name for sync.
And more closely work with rename syncing.
Hi Igor, has there been any progress in this matter.
Jon
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 9:18 am
by grigsoft
Unfortunately these 2 years almost didn't move progress for this feature. But I'm working on it right now.
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 1:51 pm
by JPG
Thanks,
The possibility of using the volume name or/and the volume serial number to identify a drive, is a great advantage for removable drives.
Jon
Re: Volume Names and renamed files
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:36 pm
by JPG
Jon Graef wrote:Is it possible to synchronize by volume name. I have a few pen drives I keep for different uses and would like the program to recognise the individual drive, not just where it is mounted.
Also is there a way for the program to recognise when a file name has been renamed, and offer the appropriate action, ---- rename the sync file.
Thanks
Igor, thanks very much for finally finding the time to implement this very good feature. To be honest the last 2 years have passed so fast that I did not realize that it was so long ago that I asked if you could do this feature. Well done!!
Jon