Modifying unwanted synchronization actions

Sometimes you unintendently had deleted a file, and you don't even want this action to be reproduced on the other computer. Thus it is neccessary that you are able to modify the actions that Syncoco suggests ..

Synchronization actions and how to modify them

Please note first: You can modify the actions only in the synchronization list! Once you have performed a synchronization and you have unintentionally overwritten or removed some files, there is no way to get them back!

Copy actions

A copy action indicates that the file exists on the foreign computer, but don't exist on this computer. The action will copy the file from the foreign computer to this computer.

You can not modify copy actions. If you temporary don't want to copy some files, simply don't select them in the synchronization list. If you have such files frequently, consider to exclude them by a file filter.

Overwrite actions

An overwrite action indicates that the file was modified on the foreign computer, and is unmodified on this computer. The action will overwrite the file on this computer with the file from the foreign computer.

You can modify overwrite to the following:

RollbackOverwrite: The overwrite is cancelled for this computer. Moveover, the file on this computer is marked as changed, so the next time you go to the other computer, you will see an overwrite action for this file.

Remove actions

A remove action indicates that the file was deleted on the foreign computer, and is unmodified on this computer. The action will remove the file from this computer also.

You can modify remove actions to the following:

RollbackRemove: The remove is cancelled for this computer. Moveover, the "file removed" attribute for the file on the foreign computer is deleted. This means that the next time you will synchronize the foreign computer, the file is copied back to it.

Remove manually actions

A "remove manually" action indicates that the file was deleted on the foreign computer, but has changed in the meantime on this computer.Per default, a "remove manually" action will do nothing, until the user decide to change it to one of the following actions:

Remove: This file is removed also from this computer.
RemoveRollback: The file is kept on this computer, and is also written back from this computer to the foreign computer. The next time you synchronize the foreign computer, you will see a "copy" action for that file.

Resolve manually actions

A "resolve manually" action indicates that the file was modified on on the foreign computer, but was in the meantime also modified on this computer. Per default, a "resolve manually" action will do nothing, until the user decide to change it to one of the following actions:

ResolveManuallyOverwrite: The file on this computer is overwritten with the file from the foreign computer.
ResolveManuallyRollback: The file on this computer is kept, and it is also written back to the foreign computer. The next time you synchronize the foreign computer, you will see an "overwrite" action for this file.