DSynchronize Coded By Dimitrios Coutsoumbas (Dimio)

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The current version is found to the following Link:

Home: "http://dimio.altervista.org/"

DESCRIPTION:
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DSynchronize is a program (Freeware) that syncronizes two or more directories on a

local area network.
The program compares every directory "Source" with the respective "Destination",
then changes the "Destination" (adding, replacing, or deleting files and
subdirectory) in such way to make those files or subdirectories identical to the
"Source." It supports multiple filters (separated by "; ") type *.exe; *.txt etc.
You can configure synchronizations to use Varying environments (% WINDIR%,%
USERPROFILE% etc.).
The use is rather intuitive.

SUPPORTED SYSTEMS:
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Windows 10
Windows 8
Windows Seven
Windows VISTA
Windows 2003
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows NT4 with SP6a and IE4 or superior.

OPTIONS:
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"Save on exit"
It serves for saving all the settings and remembering which directories to
synchronize.

"Antifragmentation"
It reduces the fragmentation of the disk: In order to prevent holes in the file
structure when a file is replaced, the old file is first removed from the structure
and then the replacement file is written into the old file's place.

"Set/Enable timer"
This option sets the synchronization to run on a regular basis. You can tell it
how much time to wait between synchronizations in terms of hours and minutes. You
can also specify certain days that you would like synchronization to occur or a
specific time to sync on the days specified.

"Shutdown at the end"

This option will automatically shut down the PC at the end of the synchronization.
"You create folder if it does not exist"
If the specified directory does not exist on the destination, it will automatically
be created there with the same name as the source directory.

"Add date to destination folder"

This option add the date to files on the destination. For example, if the source
file x is ". C:\mapindestination" it becomes "C:\mapindestination 18-07-2004
22.30", this can be used for creating multiple Backup using a time stamp to tell
the difference among them.

"Only newer files"

Replaces files in "Destination" only if the file in "Origin" is more recent.

"Set Idle priority"

Set the process priority to the minimum possible on the system. This is
unnecessary as DSynchronize already uses very few resources. Using this option
will cause synchronization to be slower.

"Bidirectional syncronization"
This allows the most recent files in both locations to be copied to the other.
Each file is checked in the source and the destination folders and the most recent
file is copied to both locations. The source and destination should be identical
after synchronizing.

"Real-Time Sync"
It continuously monitors the specified folders (This uses very little CPU) for
changes that occur in the origin and to relay accordingly any changes made to the
destination.
Before activating this option it is important to complete a normal synchronization.
In fact the function of this option is to maintain two identical file sets from the
start.

"Autostart"
This automatically starts the program when Windows boots up with the last options
you saved.
If the synchronization is on a timer, it will occur as scheduled, otherwise the
otherwise the synchronization will immediately happen.

"Autostart as service"
This automatically starts the program as a service when Windows boots up.
It is possible to specify the account with which under which the program will run.
It is important to verify that the account specified has sufficient privilages to
access both the source and destination directories.

The other options explain themselves: -)

PARAMETERS OF THE COMMAND LINE

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It is possible to specify some parameters on the command line.

/START
It immediately starts the synchronization (with the last saved options).

/MINIMIZE
It starts DSynchronize minimized in the System Tray.
/HIDDEN
It starts DSynchronize in the background without even displaying the icon in the
Task Bar.

/NOSECURITYCHECK
Before effecting the synchronization, it doesn't check if they are possessed or I
lead the permissions of read/write on the briefcases. In fact, In some rare case,
it seems that the security check also prevents the synchronization on briefcases on
which such permissions are possessed, for which, to select the option aforesaid, it
allows to also operate normally in that particular cases.

/SOMEFILE.INI
It uses a specific file INI to control the synchronization. This file must be on
same directory of DSynchronize.

Dimitrios Coutsoumbas (Dimio)

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E-MAIL : cyberdimio@gmail.com
HOME : http://dimio.altervista.org/

NOTES:
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The program uses the UPX technology (http://upx.sourceforge.net/) to increase its
portability.

LICENSE:
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The program is distributed with the license Freeware.

NOTES ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION IN REAL-TIME:

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HOW THIS WORK:

The program monitors all the changes in the status of Origin and, every 10 seconds,
reflects the same changes in the Destination.
It then waits some 10 seconds which has the purpose of avoiding an useless
consumption of processor, in fact, if a file is modified twice in 10 seconds, It
will only be copied once, which reduces two fold the consumption of processor.

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS:
It's normal that, during the synchronization in Real-Time, in the log window, some
operations show negative result (FAILED or LOCKED), this doesn't determine
anomalies in the synchronization.
For instance, if you have created a file that will be deleted then in turn be
replace in the matter of a second, when the program tries to syncronize it will
produce two errors while in reality everything is OK. In fact the first thing the
program will try to do is copy a nonexistent file, and then will try to delete that
file.

The synchronization in Real-Time is considered experimental. In fact there exist

some rare conditions that can cause failures in the synchronization. You are
recommended therefore, if this option is used, to periodically effect also of the
normal synchronizations.