Questions About Read Only ?

[NicCo]

Hi,

I have 2 questions about Read Only share :

- If I delete a folder/file on Destination, does it will be transfered again from Source to Destination if it allways exists on Source ?

- Is it possible to pre-populate Destination folder with Source files or is it necessary to do initial transfer with BTSync ?

Thank you.

Regards.

[Helen]

NicCo,

 

1)  - yes if you have "Overwrite changed files" enabled for RO. Detailed about RO are here

2) possible, just make sure files remain exactly the same. To help Sync with that enable "Overwrite"

[NicCo]

Thank you Helen !

1) "Overwrite changed files" is not to update modified files on RO to RW ? It's used to download again modified files from RW to RO ?

2) No problem, files will be the same

[Helen]

1 - yes. this option forces RO peer to receive changed files from RW peer again. The link provided explains the behavior in details. 

[NicCo]

Ok thank you

 

A last question : is it possible to sync with other peers a folder that contains RO already sync folders ?

 

Example :

 

BTSync Computer 1 (RW or RO sync)                    <->                 BTSync Computer 2 (RW or RO sync)

    |

    |- Folder 1 (RO sync)

    |- Folder 2 (RO sync )

[Helen]

NicCo,

 

You mean share RO folder with other peers?

Only Owner can share the folder, so sharing shall be initiated from folder owner peer. But if another peer connects to the mesh, RO peer will also be able to upload some *unchanged* files to the newbie 

[NicCo]

Helen,

I would like to sync the folder that contain "RO folder already sync with BTSync" with an other peer, so I'll have 2 copies of each RO folder, one on computer 1, one on computer 2.

Is it better to sync RO folder with computer 1 and computer 2 or sync RO folder with computer 1 and sync global folder with computer 2 ?

Thank you.

[Helen]

NicCo,

You mean sharing nested folder as RO? This cannot be done - nested folder cannot be added as RO shares.