Synchronize Folders Action

	Synchronize Folders
	Declaration	<AMSYNCFOLDERS FOLDER1="text" FOLDER2="text" INCLUDE="text" EXCLUDE="text" METHOD="text [options]" EXACTCOPY="yes/no" SUBFOLDERS="yes/no">
	Example	Synchronize folder "C:\Dev" bi-directionally with "C:\Dev2". Process sub folders. <AMSYNCFOLDERS FOLDER1="C:\Dev" FOLDER2="C:\Dev2" SUBFOLDERS="YES" INCLUDEREADONLY="YES" />
	See Also	Split File, Move File, Create Folder, Delete File, Delete Folder, Rename Folder, Remove Folder, Set Attributes, Read from File, Write to File, Synchronize Folders, Concatenate Files

Synchronizes two folders either uni-directionally (one-way) or bi-directionally (both ways).

Usually used to replicate folders between a machine and the local network or to backup one or more folders.

General Tab

Property	Type	Required	Default	Markup	Description
Folder 1	Text	Yes	(Empty)	FOLDER1="c:\firstfoldername\"	The folder that should be synchronized. If synchronization method is set Unidirectional, then files from this folder that do not exist or are newer than their counterparts in Folder 2 will be transferred to the folder specified in the Folder 2 parameter. If synchronization method is set to Bidirectional, then files from folder 2 that are newer or do not exist will be transferred into this folder as well.
Folder 2	Text	Yes	(Empty)	FOLDER2="c:\otherfoldername\"	The destination folder and (optionally) file name that the file(s) should be copied to. This can be a fully qualified path or a file name. Folders that do not exist will be automatically created at runtime.
Synchronization	Text (Options)	Yes	bidirectional	METHOD="uni"	The method by which the files should be synchronized. The available options are: Bidirectional (Default) - The files will be synchronized both ways, from folder1 to folder2 and from folder2 to folder1. Unidirectional - The files will be synchronized one way, from folder1 to folder2.

Advanced Properties

Property	Type	Required	Default	Markup	Description
Include Mask(s)	Text	No	.	INCLUDE="*.txt"	The wildcard mask(s) (such as * or ?) representing the files that should be synchronized. The default of . includes all files.
Exclude Mask(s)	Text	No	(Empty)	EXCLUDE="*.doc"	The wildcard mask(s) (such as * or ?) representing the files that should not be synchronized. If left blank no files are ignored.
Process Subfolders	Yes/No	No	No	SUBFOLDERS="YES"	Specifies whether subfolders and files inside them should be included in the synchronization. If set to YES, subfolders will be included in the synchronization. If set to NO (default), subfolders will not be included.
Exact Copy in Folder 2	Yes/No	No	No	EXACT="YES"	If set to YES, an exact copy of files in Folder1 will be created in Folder2. Files and folders that exist in Folder2 but do not exist in Folder1 are removed. If a newer version of the file or folder exists in Folder1, it will be copied to Folder2. This parameter is set to NO by default.
Include Read Only	Yes/No	No	No	INCLUDEREADONLY="YES"	Specifies whether files and folders marked as read-only are synchronized. If set to YES, read-only files and folders are overwritten by the proper source file before the read-only attribute is reset. This parameter is set to NO by default.