Synchronization: different deleted files in source and dest get recreated one one-way

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Here's the scenario:

  • I'm synchronizing FolderA and FolderB
  • Each folder has: File1, File2, File3, File4, File5
  • In FolderA, I delete File2
  • In FolderB, I delete File3

At the end of the sync, I want both folders to have File1, File4, File5

I don't know how to do this:

  • Two way copy doesn't do any deleting and results in File1 - File5 in both places
  • One-way w/ Delete will only do what I want in one direction, and the file deleted in the destination will be recreated by the copy in the source.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but it seems there should be a way to truly sync the two, but without a delete option on a two-way copy, I'm not sure how.

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I figured it out. "Only Compare Existing Files" with two one-way syncs with delete turned on does the trick, i think. I misunderstood the entry in the manual until i read it again with this problem in mind.