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hmTitle:"Folder Merge Comparison Settings",
hmDescription:"These settings control what is considered a difference in a folder session.",
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hmBreadCrumbs:"<a href=\"settings_reference.html\">Settings Reference<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"session_settings.html\">Session Settings<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"sessiondirmerge.html\">Folder Merge<\/a>",
hmTitlePath:"Settings Reference > Session Settings > Folder Merge > Comparison",
hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Folder Merge Comparison Settings<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\"><img style=\"margin:0;width:1.6875rem;height:0.7500rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/pro.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">These settings control what is considered a difference in a folder session.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">Quick tests<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">These comparison tests can be performed simply by reading folders and are much quicker than tests that require reading individual files.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare file size<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Marks files as different if file sizes differ.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare timestamps<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Compares files\' date and time last modified.  Timestamps must differ by more seconds than the <span class=\"f_Command\">second tolerance<\/span> to be considered mismatches.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Ignore daylight saving difference<\/span> ignores exact hour differences.  This is useful for dealing with the way that different file systems handle Daylight Savings Time.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Ignore timezone differences<\/span> ignores timestamp differences that are multiples of an exact hour.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare filename case<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Marks files as different if character capitalizations differ.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare file attributes <\/span><img style=\"margin:0;width:1.0000rem;height:1.0000rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/windows.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Compares Windows file attributes (archive, hidden, read-only, system, etc).  Any attribute that is being compared will be shown in the dropdown using its <a href=\"dir_columns.html#attr\" class=\"topiclink\">single-letter abbreviation<\/a>.  All attributes that are not being compared will be shown as dashes.  Files will be marked as different if any of the selected attributes differ.  Since merely copying a file can change its archive attribute, you should normally disable this option.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare Unix metadata<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare permissions<\/span> marks files as different if the Unix permissions (user\/group\/other read\/write\/execute\/sticky) differ.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare owner<\/span> marks files as different if the Unix owner IDs differ.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare group<\/span> marks files as different if the Unix group IDs differ.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">Tests that require reading files<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare contents<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Enables size or content-related comparisons.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">CRC comparison<\/span> compares files using their CRC values.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Binary comparison<\/span> compares files byte-by-byte.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Rules-based comparison<\/span> compares files based on their <a href=\"file_formats.html\" class=\"topiclink\">file format<\/a> associations.  Allows you to ignore differences in line endings, whitespace, or source code comments.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Indented\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Skip if quick tests indicate files are the same<\/span> improves comparison speed by only performing the slower, more thorough tests when timestamps are different.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Compare versions <\/span><img style=\"margin:0;width:1.0000rem;height:1.0000rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/windows.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Compares version information, typically stored in application files (.exe, .dll, .ocx, etc).<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Command\"><span class=\"f_Command\">Override quick test results<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Marks files as matching if a content comparison determines they match even if there are differences in timestamps or other quick tests.<\/p>\n\r"
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