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Hi

Is there a switch or other arguments to improve

copy updateall

so that files or folders that don't exist in destination folder be deleted :question:

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[quote="fred"]
so that files or folders that don't exist in destination folder be deleted :question:[/quote]

My bad, I wasn't clear, I should have written:

"files or folders in destination list must be deleted if they don't exist in source list ?"

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Use the Synchronize function for that.

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Of course, but I was searching for button code that do the job in one click :wink:

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The closest way I can think of to do what you want, which is something I would like to see as well, is to set up a button like this:

Go "D:\test folder\source" DUALPATH="D:\test folder\destination" Set UTILITY=Sync,On

Of course you'd have to change the source and destination paths to what you want before it would work.

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[quote="JohnZeman"]The closest way I can think of to do what you want, which is something I would like to see as well, is to set up a button like this:

Go "D:\test folder\source" DUALPATH="D:\test folder\destination" Set UTILITY=Sync,On
[/quote]

If I have to set the code specify the folder I want to synch, it's not what I'm looking for. Plus, I tested that code and it doesn't open dual panel, it just takes DUALPATH="D:\test folder\destination" path in account.

But if I'm not alone to want that feature, there is more hope.

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You don't need to set the folders you want to sync, I just did so as an example. And I don't understand what you mean when you say:

On my machine pressing that button switches Opus to dual display (if it wasn't previously) and loads the D:\test folder\source folder in the left pane and the D:\test folder\destination folder in the right. Next it opens the utility panel in synchronize mode.

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[quote="JohnZeman"]On my machine pressing that button switches Opus to dual display (if it wasn't previously)
It wasn't on mine but since I've downgraded to 9.1.0.6 it works.[/quote]

I don't see the difference (in practice) between

Set UTILITY=Sync,On
and

Set UTILITY=Sync,Toggle

Yes the second one set it on or off by pressing on it. So what is the advantage of the first one if it doesn't run the sync process?[/code]

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I'm so tired right now that I couldn't even post correctly and I really downgraded to 9.1.0.6 instead of 9.1.1.6. Searching for that version on the web cause I haven't got it anymore I badly readed the version.

:smiley:

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Hmmm.. I think I see what you meant by the second path not opening in dual mode. On my machine it works as expected as long as I use paths that are internal to my machine. However if the destination path is external, for example on one of my USB connected external hard drives, then the open in dual fails. It doesn't seem to be a timing issue for even when I step Opus through the process slowly the external drive path never loads into the dual pane.

I'm going to file a bug report on this.

As far as the "Sync,On" versus the "Sync, Toggle" command, the only reason I chose "Sync,On" was to make sure the Utility panel was turned on.

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Couldn't you make a button doing this:

  1. select all in SOURCE
  2. SELECT SOURCETODEST
  3. make DEST active
  4. Invert selection in DEST
  5. delete all selected
  6. make source active
  7. copy updateall

Would that do what you want?

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Technically yes, it would work if you have both source and destination in flat view. However that probably wouldn't be very practical if you have a lot of files.

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Be careful using SELECT SOURCETODEST in FlatView as you can have multiple files with the same name and only one of them will be selected.

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Hmm.. posting my suggestion I didn't think about flat view. I was somewhat naive because I didn't think about recursive updating either. My solution would not delete files inside folders, would it?

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If a folder gets selected and then deleted then it will delete what's in it as well. Not sure if that's what you mean.