Folder Sync Tool - Table of Contents
Folder Sync Tool Overview
Starting from version 5.7.1 S3 Browser comes with a simple Folder Sync Tool
allowing you to upload or download only new and changed files and thereby significantly optimize your bandwidth usage
and save you time when performing backups to Amazon S3.
Currently it works in one-way synchronization mode also known as mirroring, you can define the Source and Destination,
which could be the Local Folder or the Bucket/Folder on Amazon S3.
The minimal piece of synchronization is the File. If some part of the File was changed in the Source Folder,
the entire file will be transferred to Destination Folder.
S3 Browser uses file size and modification date to compare the files. An alternate comparison criteria is the file hash
which works slower but allows you to detect file changes even if the modification date is incorrect.
Working with the Folder Sync Tool
To open Folder Sync Tool
Click Tools, Folder Sync Tool..
Click Tools, Folder Sync Tool
Folder Sync Tool window will open
Folder Sync Tool window
To configure new Sync Job
1. Click button 1 to select source folder and button 2 to select destination folder
Select folder type dialog will open:
Select folder type dialog
2. Select folder type by clicking corresponding button.
You will see the Browse For Folder dialog for Amazon S3 Folder:
Amazon S3 folder selection dialog
And system Select Folder dialog for Local Folder:
Windows folder selection dialog
3. Once you defined the Source and Destination folders, click Analyze to compare the folders.
Click Analyze to compare the folders
S3 Browser will compare selected folders. When the comparison completed you can check results
and click Synchronize to apply them.
Check comparison results and click Synchronize
4. S3 Browser will queue the tasks
Folder synchronization is in progress
Sync Job Options
Each Sync Job has a set of options that define sync behavior.
To configure Sync Job options click corresponding link located on the toolbar.
Sync Job options link
Sync Job Options dialog will open:
Sync Job Options Dialog
You may choose which kind of modifications you want to include in synchronization:
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Include only new files - S3 Browser will sync only new files, changed files will be ignored.
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Include only changed files - S3 Browser will sync only file changes, new files will be ignored.
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Include both new and changed files - S3 Browser will sync both, new and changed files.
Propagate deletions - If you check this option, files that have been deleted in source folder, will also be deleted in destination folder.
Use hashes to compare files - S3 Browser will analyze file content - calculate hash for the local files and compare it with the stored hash of remote files
(hashes for remote files are stored in file metadata, remote files are not downloaded to calculate the hashes). This comparison criteria is slower than the Modification
Date based approach but is most reliable way to compare the files and detect file modifications.
Managing Sync Jobs
To add new Sync Job
Click the Add new job.. button located next to the last job header:
How to add new sync job
New sync job is successfully added:
New sync job added
To rename Sync Job
Right-click the tab header of the sync job you want to rename and choose Rename job.. from the context menu
How to rename sync job
Rename Sync Job dialog will open:
Rename Sync Job dialog
Enter new sync job name and click OK.
To delete Sync Job
Right-click the tab header of the sync job you want to delete and choose Delete job.. from the context menu
How to delete sync job
Confirmation dialog will appear
Delete Sync Job Confirmation dialog
Click Yes if you want to delete the job or No otherwise.
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