Mirror file operatione in dual pane

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p85
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Mirror file operatione in dual pane

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Hi,

I have a request to expand the sync browsing feature: would it be possible to make an option available to perform the same move/copy/delete operations in both panes while sync browsing with auto select?

The advantage being, of course, that you could spare yourself lengthy backup operations when you've got a backup on a different drive and want to move big files around within the same respective drives.

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Petra

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Nice idea! I make a mental note.

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I could use this feature too. +1
Especially, when renaming individual files.
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I could see this being useful if you want to rename a file on your C: drive and keep the name of its backup on D: in sync so you could do both via this instead of having to do rename twice (and making sure that you do it!)
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j_c_hallgren wrote:I could see this being useful if you want to rename a file on your C: drive and keep the name of its backup on D: in sync so you could do both via this instead of having to do rename twice (and making sure that you do it!)
The same with delete? :shock: :shock:

It seems at least there must be a lot of thinking how to implement.

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PeterH wrote:
j_c_hallgren wrote:I could see this being useful if you want to rename a file on your C: drive and keep the name of its backup on D: in sync so you could do both via this instead of having to do rename twice (and making sure that you do it!)
The same with delete? :shock: :shock:
Well...yes, actually...since it'd be to Recycle Bin and we have Undo...though copy/rename would be the two more likely functions it'd be useful for.
It seems at least there must be a lot of thinking how to implement.
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j_c_hallgren wrote:
PeterH wrote:
j_c_hallgren wrote:I could see this being useful if you want to rename a file on your C: drive and keep the name of its backup on D: in sync so you could do both via this instead of having to do rename twice (and making sure that you do it!)
The same with delete? :shock: :shock:
Well...yes, actually...since it'd be to Recycle Bin and we have Undo...though copy/rename would be the two more likely functions it'd be useful for.
It seems at least there must be a lot of thinking how to implement.
Agreed.
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PeterH wrote:
j_c_hallgren wrote:I could see this being useful if you want to rename a file on your C: drive and keep the name of its backup on D: in sync so you could do both via this instead of having to do rename twice (and making sure that you do it!)
The same with delete? :shock: :shock:
Well...yes, actually...since it'd be to Recycle Bin and we have Undo...though copy/rename would be the two more likely functions it'd be useful for.
It seems at least there must be a lot of thinking how to implement.
Agreed.
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j_c_hallgren wrote:Well...yes, actually...since it'd be to Recycle Bin and we have Undo...though copy/rename would be the two more likely functions it'd be useful for.
Ideally, I would like any changes made to one pane to be automatically performed in the other, because my scenario is the one you mentioned earlier - working with synced drives.

I carry out a lot of reorganization and renaming in the source drive -- creating subfolders, moving folders/files to the subfolders, renaming files individually or in bulk, deleting files, etc. And in the end, I want all those changes duplicated on the mirrored drive. I don't want to otherwise have to do a formal sync (with AJCSync) to sync the drives afterwards, because that will involve a lot of unnecessary deleting, re-copying, re-verifying, and file fragmentation.
Running on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit quad-core ASUS G752-VY notebook with 64 GB RAM, over 26 external USB3 drives attached via multiple powered hubs with letters and mount points, totaling 120+ TB.

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