DirSync Pro |
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| Original author(s) | O. Givi |
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| Developer(s) | O. Givi |
| Initial release | July 30, 2008 |
| Stable release | 1.44 July 24, 2011 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows Linux Mac OS X |
| Size | 2.5 MB(Windows) |
| Available in | English |
| Type | File synchronization utility |
| License | GNU GPL 3 |
| Website | http://www.dirsyncpro.org/ |
DirSync Pro is an open source synchronization and backup utility for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and all other operating systems that run Java. DirSync Pro is based on the program Directory Synchronize (DirSync), which was first released in February 2003 by E. Gerber. He subsequently developed it with Frank Gerbig and T. Groetzner. DirSync Pro was released by O. Givi in July 2008, based on a branch of the DirSync code. Many parts of DirSync Pro have gone through major rewriting and redesign ever since.[1]
DirSync Pro offers a graphical user interface from which the user can manage and run multiple synchronization tasks.[2] As of version 1.31, it supports local folder to folder synchronization, but does not support synchronization via FTP yet. The application is self-contained within its own directory, and is therefore fully portable.[3]
DirSync Pro makes it possible to compare a couple of directories and synchronize their content. It can be used to create incremental backups. The synchronization can be set up to mirror a directory into another one mono-directionally, or to synchronize the content of two directories bi-directionally. Before synchronization, the user can run an analysis on the source and destination. DirSync Pro detects any kind of changes to any file/directory in the source (e.g. file/directory modification, move, deletion, renaming) and can synchronize the destination accordingly.
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DirSync Pro provides the following predefined synchronization modes:[4]
When synchronizing bi-directionally, DirSync Pro detects synchronization conflicts. These conflicts may occur if a file is edited in both directories independently. DirSync Pro offers these options to solve the bi-directional synchronization conflict:
When synchronizing mono-directionally in a custom mode, DirSync Pro detects synchronization conflicts. These conflicts may occur if a file is edited in the destination directory independently. DirSync Pro offers these options to solve the mono-directional synchronization conflicts:
DirSync Pro has a schedule engine with many options to schedule synchronization tasks, e.g. every minute, hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly. DirSync Pro has many logging facilities to create detailed logs per job, per jobset, or globally.
Linux.com rated the application positively, saying that "it makes defining a bidirectional sync as simple as picking two directories".[5] Likewise, freshmeat calls it a "powerful, easy-to-configure tool to synchronize the contents of one directory with another".[6]