Synkron

Sync multiple folder feature demonstration

Initially I thought this was a great program, being similar to Syncback but on the Mac. Joy was shortlived. Trying to sync large amounts of data caused it to die. Shame that Syncback SE doesn't have a Mac version as that is the biggest program I miss moving to a Mac.

Synkron V1.6.2: You cannot define a proxy for the internet connection:
See SourgeForge.net Feature Request ID 2947864: http://is.gd/I315P5 .
Everybody, who is using Synkron and has only access to internet by using an proxy, cannot use the "Check for update" feature.
It is necessary to supply a proxy definition menu, as it is realized in the Firefox Addon "Proxy Selector" (see http://is.gd/hslCRV), but additional with a proxy password and with the following 5 options available:
- No proxy,
- Auto-detect proxy settings for this network,
- Use system proxy settings
- Manual Proxy Configuration with URL, password and Port for a HTTP Proxy,
- Automatic proxy configuration URL.

Synkron has automatical symmetrical file-deletion
In difference to SyncBack free edition Synkron has an automatical file-deletion at the other side (equal which side) of a sync-folder-pair, if file-deletion-time was later than last-file-change-time at the side, where the file still exists.
The advantages of Synkron in comparison with other sync-apps are:
- auto-file-deletion,
- available as portable-app for dropbox-directories,
- 16 languages, free also in commercial use, very reliable syncronisation results,
- multi-sync more source-folders to one destination folder,
- german and english online documentation on http://sites.google.com/site/synkrondocumentation
Disadvantages:
- No indication of date, time & size of the files in the two sync-directories, what is usual in all other sync-apps
- Too long analysis- and syncronization-procedures only with hourglas instead of progress report
- Difficult to understand terms: OBSOLETE means:
. The files in both directories have a different modification date.
. Better instead of "obsolete" would be "time difference"
- You cannot call a bat-file after the synchronisation, as this is possible with PureSync (1)
(1) http://alternativeto.net/software/puresync/

Yeah, this one looks good, has some features I'd find useful, but it doesn't check it's work, and that's a deal-breaker.
No checksummy, no instally.
DirSync Pro is still the winner in my book, but not by much.

Disappointing theres no choice but DirSync Pro & TeraCopy for integrity checking sync/copy tools.

I can't build it (install) on Fedora 11 (x8664)... Building with squirrelsh "say" missing libpcre.so.3. I followed some hint found on google....

1) installed squirrell
2) compiled squirrellsh
3) search and installed libpcre (x8664 and i586)

... I don't know how to get further! :-(