Folder Comparisons
Find it under Settings > New Comparisons > Folder Comparisons. The tab of an active folder comparison has the same page, for that comparison alone.
Use this page to customize the following settings:
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Compare by: Size | Compares files by their size. This is very fast, but not always reliable: two files can have the same size, yet different content or attributes. | On |
| Compare by: Permissions (Attributes on Windows) | Compares files by their POSIX permissions on macOS and Linux, and by attributes such as Read-only on Windows. Very fast. | Off |
| Compare by: Date modified | Compares files by their timestamps. Like comparing by size, this is very fast, but not always reliable. | On |
| Ignore time zone differences | When on, time differences of exactly 1 to 25 hours (26 with Ignore daylight saving differences on) are ignored. | Off |
| Ignore daylight saving differences | When on, time differences of exactly 1 hour are ignored. | Off |
| Ignore differences of ... seconds or less | Helps you ignore artificial time differences that some file systems introduce. For instance, FAT32 rounds the timestamps of its files up to the nearest even second, so files copied or moved to it may be reported as different when compared by their timestamps. Network latency can also give copied or moved files timestamps that differ from the original. | Off / 2.000 |
| Content (requires opening files) | When on, files are also compared by their content, byte by byte or as text, as chosen below. This gives the most accurate and comprehensive results. | Off |
| Use byte-by-byte comparison | Compares the content of files byte by byte. This is always faster than comparing them as text, and uses considerably less memory. Applies when Content is on. | On |
| Use text comparison | Compares the files that DeltaWalker Classic finds to be text files with the text comparison algorithm, applying the text comparison options, such as ignoring whitespace or character case, and the text filters. Applies when Content is on. | Off |
| Compare byte-by-byte files > ... KB | Comparing large text files as text in a folder comparison can be slow and use a lot of memory, and often you do not need to know exactly how their text differs. When on, files larger than the given size are compared byte by byte. | On / 256 KB |
| Collect extended resource attributes | When on, DeltaWalker Classic collects the extended attributes of files and folders, which the Date Created, Date Last Opened, Owner and Group columns of the folder comparison window need in order to show accurate information. Show those columns on the Appearance > Folder Comparisons page. | Off |
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Pages under Folder Comparisons
See Also
- All Comparisons
- Appearance > Folder Comparisons: the columns and more of the folder comparison window.
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