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Beyond Compare mentions (5)

• Best tools to show the difference in files between two cloned drives?

  I can highly recommend BeyondCompare from https://scootersoftware.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• How to verify that the files are copied without problems?

  Checksums are better long term. However a nice GUI program: Beyond Compare from Scooter Software is a native Windows app that will compare entire subdirectories or even entire disks and will show a GUI of changes / mods / missing / extra files. It costs money but it's worth it -- both Windows AND Linux versions. Free 30 day trial. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Thank goodness for backups

  Ugh, ok, I feel pretty stupid but, I was messing around with Beyond Compare (a nice piece of software that I highly recommend, btw) comparing my internal drive with an incomplete backup thereof, trying to delete duplicates. My best guess (and I'm still not sure but taking an educated guess) at what happened is, while I was deleting, I accidentally selected *both* the left and right sides, instead of just the... Source: about 2 years ago

• What are some of the coolest/most useful programs to have in 2022?

  BeyondCompare is a tool I love for comparing configuration files or t directory trees. Source: over 2 years ago

• Favorite source code comparison tool / diff tool?

  I love Beyond Compare 4. I use it often for folder and file diffs. I like that I can have different projects for each codebase. The coloration and UI is nice too. Source: over 2 years ago

rsync mentions (13)

• Which synchronization tool are you using together with the pCloud Crypto Folder?

  Rsync can be used to synchronize a local disk to the pCloud drive p. Works similarly as the Sync option of the pCloud Drive app. May be useful if one prefers a bulk upload once a day over a continuous synchronization. Source: 5 months ago

• Advanced Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategies

  Tools that can be used to handle this include Rsync, Duplicati, Cohesity. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago

• Use rsync to Sync a Node Project to Dropbox and Ignore the node modules Folder

  To overcome this issue, you can use rsync, a powerful command-line tool for synchronizing files and directories, along with a bash script that excludes the node_modules folder and also filter out anything in a .gitignore file that you specify. In this article, I'll guide you through the process of setting up and using this bash script to sync your Node.js project while ignoring the node_modules folder. - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

• i have seen a video about syncthing and I am interested, but I would have a slightly different use case

  Rsync will probably work better for this use case. Source: about 1 year ago

• [Q] paperless-ngx: migrate to new host with UTF8 files?

  Give rsync a try, it should handle UTF filenames just fine. Source: over 1 year ago