Comparing Folders with Single click/ Comparing 2 files only

Comparing folders with a single click

An example

I have two directories in two panes

E:\Dopus1
E:\Dopus2

I have designated a command to a button as follows

Set UTILITY=Sync,Toggle

When I click the button, it opens the Synchronize tab with
Source E:\Dopus1
Destination E:\Dopus2

I then have to click the Compare button for it to start the comparison.

Is there an argument I can add to

Set UTILITY=Sync,Toggle

to get it to start immediately without me clicking the Compare button.

And where do I find the arguments to set the other options such as Mode Two way copy, Hide unaffected files etc.

Comparing 2 files only

If I have the focus on say just two files

Source E:\Dopus1\Thisfile.jpg
Destination E:\Dopus2\Thatfile.jpg

Is there an argument for me to confine the comparison to just this two file. That is, I want to know if these two files are identical.

What arguments must I add to command below to achieve this.

Set UTILITY=Sync,Toggle

Thank you.

Unless I've forgotten about it, there isn't a way to automate the sync tool at the moment; you can only use it through the GUI and the Set command can only toggle whether the GUI is displayed or not.

I would probably use external tools (e.g. WinMerge) for both jobs, although I think you can use the Select command and a saved filter to do the second case, so that if you select a file in the left side and click the button the same file will be selected in teh right side if it's name and, optionally size and/or date (and/or contents, I think) are the same. See this thread for some details.

Myself, I've made a button which runs the Windows binary file-compare tool (fc /b) on the two selected files, so I get a window open up which tells me the result, rather than having to check to see what was selected after the button was clicked:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <button display="both" effect="gray" label_pos="right" separate="yes"> <guid>{0BA52189-7F38-4CB8-A21F-C8DB9BB9E526}</guid> <label>Bin F</label> <tip>Binary Compare -- Files -- Source vs Destination</tip> <icon1>AE-Icons\AEi-Diff-20.png,0</icon1> <function type="batch"> <instruction>fc /b {filepath$} {filepathdest$}</instruction> <instruction>pause</instruction> <instruction>@nodeselect</instruction> </function> </button>