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DirSync Directory Synchronizer 3.0.8

What's New

Version 3.0.8 (Build 415)

Send email reporting when no errors, or no errors and warnings.
Touch file if some target file systems do not update file's last modification time.
Improve the memory management.

Version 3.0.7 (Build 202)

Improve performance for very large amount of files in a single folder.

Version 3.0.6 (Build 128)

Fix some compatibility problems for Windows Vista.
Other minor improvements.

Version 3.0.5 (Build 1602)

Bandwidth throttling: Limit the maximum transfer rate (KB/s). This feature can slow down the pulse of reads and writes, and keep bandwidth available for other applications.
Maximum execution time: Run job with a time limit.
Ignore 1 hour time difference for Daylight Saving Time: This feature is useful when the source and target folders are in different file system (NTFS vs. FAT).

Version 3.0.4 (Build 1402)

Add an option: "Wake computer to run the scheduled jobs".

Version 3.0.3 (Build 1025)

Use tray icon to indicate the job execution and errors.

Version 3.0.2 (Build 1006)

Job Scheduling: add more options and improve the flexibility.

Version 3.0.1 (Build 912)

Show the "Browse for Folder" dialog box in the center of the screen.
Check the existence of drive or UNC path in simulation mode.

Version 3.0.1 (Build 831)

Improvement: Each job can be configured to send an e-mail report or not.

Version 3.0.0 (Build 820)

Fix a compatibility problem for Windows NT 4.

Version 3.0.0 (Build 815)

Final version released.

Version 3.0.0 beta (Build 807)

Make the "Job Properties" dialog box resizable as previous version.
Fix a bug: When editing a job, if a job's schedule frequency is "Days of Week", the "Week Days" setting will always contain "Monday" to "Friday".
Fix a bug: When the installation program converts the jobs from version 2.0, if a job's schedule frequency is "Days of Week", the "Week Days" setting will always contain "Monday" to "Friday".
Fix a bug: When the installation program converts the jobs from version 2.0, if a job's name contains some characters (\/:*?"<>|) not valid for the file name, the job could not be converted.

Version 3.0.0 beta (Build 728)

Improved User Interface: The info pane has been divided into tree panels. Properties Panel: display connection/folder/job properties without editing them. Statistics Panel: display elapsed time, result, folder, action, summary and progress of execution. Message Panel: display error and warning messages.
Job File Management: Instead of using previous "job.ini" file, now each job will be stored in a *.dsj file. All managed jobs are stored in an Job Folder or it's sub folder. User can group several similar or related jobs in one sub folder to simplify the job management. The Jobs Panel of main window support multiple selection.
Remote Administration: User can connect to the "DirSync Server" running on remote machines and manage the remote jobs easily.
E-Mail Reporting: Send an e-mail notification after the execution of a job. The e-mail can be sent on errors, on errors or warnings, or after every execution.
Unicode File Name and Long Path Name: Now DirSync has added support to unicode folder/file name. Also it supports folder/file with pathname longer than 260 characters. (up to 32767 characters)
Folder Pair: Each folder pair can be enabled/disabled independently.
Include or Exclude: Now all filters can be Include or Exclude. The date, size and attributes filters can be Applied to source, target or both sides of the folder pair. Each filter can be enabled/disabled independently.
Enable/Disable/Postpone/Bring forward: Easy to change the jobs' schedule settings without opening the Job Properties dialog box to edit the job.
Ignore different modification time by the same file size: Some applications (such as Outlook Express) will change the file modification time each run even though you don't make any change. Use this option to skip these files.
Simultaneous Limit for each Job: Each job can be specified to run alone or under a specified simultaneous running limit. If this condition is not met the job will enter the waiting status to wait other jobs to finish.
Deletion Files: The deletion files can be moved to recycle bin (only for local files) or deletion folder. This can protect files from being deleted by mistake. The files moved to deletion folder can be purged after specified days to save the disk space.
File Revisioning: Several versions of an overwritten file can be kept in its owner folder or deletion folder. The max number of revision can be specified. It's useful in recovering a previously saved version of a file.
Pre-Sync/Post-Sync Process: Run an external application or batch command before or after the sync. e.g. map a network drive before sync and unmap it after sync.
Transfer Security Attributes: Folders and files security attributes can be transferred.
Transfer Folder Modification Time: Both creation and modification time of folders can be transferred.
Perform Sync Action: The sync can be taken after a full scan of directory tree or after a scan of each folder.

Version 2.01 (Build 0906)

Fix a bug: One bug of conversion old 1.x job to 2.0 version. (For a job of 1.x version with bi-directional sync mode, when converted to 2.0, it may have a erroneous combination of bi-sync and deletion. This may lead to deletion of file in target folder.) For the user who upgrades DirSync from 1.x to 2.0, please edit the old job (just press 'OK'), this erroneous combination will be corrected. Otherwise, update to 2.01, it will be corrected automatically.

Version 2.0 (Build 0620)

Final version released.

Version 2.0 Beta (Build 0615)

Improvement: Error Handling.
Fix a bug: Work improperly for "/Exit" parameter.

Version 2.0 Beta (Build 0611)

Fix a bug: Handle improperly when wildcards occur in absolute or relative include/exclude files/folders.

Version 2.0 Beta (Build 0607)

Improvement: Prompt user to add or change folder pair in "Job Properties" dialog box.
Fix a bug: Access error when exit.

Version 2.0 Beta (Build 0603)

Run as Service: DirSync was divided into job administration client and server program. The server program can be configured to run as service or not.
Simplify the policy setting: Predefine many types of sync mode for user to choose from.
Enable/disable scheduling: Need not change every job's schedule settings if you want to stop scheduling temporarily, e.g. during holidays.
More dynamic info: The action being taken, the pending count of files and folders, the warning and error messages etc were added to the info pane.
More detailed log info: More types of log info were added. The log file can be overwritten each time.
CRC32: In addition to previous "Time & Size" method, CRC32 can be chosen to compare files.
More filter types: Date, Size and Attribute. In addition to the exclude folders, include/exclude files also support both relative and absolute path.
Time difference: Allow customized time difference. (Comparison option)
Intermediate file: Whether to use temp file whiling copying. (Transfer option)
Validation: Validate file using CRC32 after successful file copy operation. (Transfer option)
Folder creation time: Folder creation time can be transferred. (Transfer option)
Thread priority: The priority of the running job can be selected.
Error handling mechanism: User can decide the behaviors the program will take when error occurs: whether to retry on errors, retry times on each error, waiting time before retry and whether to stop the job when specified count of error occurs.
Limit the count of running job: When scheduled to run, the max count for job to execute concurrently can be specified.
Save user defaults: It's very easy to keep the user defined value as the defaults.

Version 1.30 Build 1107

Fix bugs: Work improperly if spaces in exclude folders. Can't save quotation marks in exclude folders. (This bug has been fixed in version 1.3 build 1105, but the fixed code hasn't been merged into build 1106 due to our mistake.)

Version 1.30 Build 1106

Fix bugs: Files in target folder will be deleted when user has no access rights on source folder.

Version 1.30 Build 1105

Fix bugs: Work improperly if spaces in exclude folders. Can't save quotation marks in exclude folders.

Version 1.30

Add support to "Bi-Directional Synchronization".
Add "Simulate" command to main menu and job list's context popup menu.
Now file and folder settings can support path variables (such as date, time, job name, computer and user name etc.)
Set default log file to "<JobName>.log" when user create a new job.
Now "Exclude Folders" setting can handle both absolute and relative folder path.
Fix bugs such as: Can't overwriting or deleting files with read-only/hidden attributes; Color is not clear in old 16/256 color systems etc.

Version 1.21

Add support to Windows XP Visual Styles.

Version 1.2

Some requested enhancements and a few bug fixes have been added.
User can set default policy and set default log info.

Version 1.1

Schedule the job to run one time, hourly, daily, days of week, weekly, monthly or at intervals etc.
User can choose whether start the program at system startup.
User can simulate executing of the job to see what file will be copied or deleted.
Use export/import functions to transfer the job definitions from one computer to another.

Version 1.0

Synchronize the directories in smart way by specifying the policy.
Use multi-threading technology to execute job. Let user to pause, resume and stop job while running.
During the execution, the dynamic running info was shown in the info pane.
The error and other running info can be written into the log file for user to view later. You may choose what type of the detailed info need to be logged.
Reverse the job to easily restore the backup files.
Specify include/exclude files (using wildcards or not) to limit the files to be synchronized.
Specify exclude folders (using wildcards or not) to limit the sub-folders to be synchronized.
Use command line parameters to execute the job, start the program quietly, or exit the program automatically when job finished.