Glossary

The computer you are currently working on.

The second computer in your synchronization document, where you are not currently working on. The synchronization document contains the names of exactly two computers that are synchronized. If you try to open the synchronization document on a computer which is not one of the two, this will result in an error.

Consists of a directory on this computer, the corresponding directory on the foreign computer, and a filter for excluding some files and directories.

The list you see first if you load a document. Can consist of one or more RootPairs. The order in which the RootPairs are listed matters: the changed files of the topmost RootPair are transfered first to the data medium. Only if all changed files of the first RootPair are on the medium or no more file fits on the data medium, then the files of the second RootPair are transferred also to the data medium. This continues, until all the files from the last RootPair are stored on the data medium, or no more file fits on the data medium.

The data medium that you use for transferring the files from the one computer to the other. Can be a memory stick, a diskette. If you want to use a CD-RW or a DVD-RW, make sure you have a packet writing program like In-CD, which allows you to write data directly to the disk.

A fresh medium stores the synchronization document and the files to synchronize. The synchronization document (extension .syncox) contains the information about the file systems of the two computers. In particular, it stores the file names, the creation and writing time, the file attributes, and the file hashsum of every file. Furthermore, it contains information about the file history, namely whether the file was created changed or removed.

The files to transfer are stored in a subdirectory on the data medium that is named exactly as the synchronization document, but without the extension.