lchoquel Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Great job on SyncApp, I love it. using it everyday with large files synch between two Windows 7 PCs.I have a issue regarding the "Modification date" set for files received by SyncApp: they are all set to the date of the synch, instead of indicating the same modification date as the original file.This entails 2 problems:I have lost valuable information about the file. I don't know how recent the file actually is. For instance I can't compare the synched file to another version of the file that I might have generated locally in a different folder. FYI DropBox does it well, because it synchs the modification dates properly.I'm not 100% sure that it's related to modification dates but: sometimes SyncApp apparently does not realize it's the same file as on the device where the original file was. In some cases SyncApp will re-synch the same file back to the original copy. I really mean sometimes: all files in the folder are not concerned, and it does not go into endless ping-pong mode between the 2 devices. I haven't tested enough to nail it down exactly but part of the pattern might be to kill and relaunch SyncApp, or maybe removing and re-adding the folder to synch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 This is strange behavior and sounds like a bug. Could you please contact me, I'll send you PM with my email? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lchoquel Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I did a few tests and it appears the date bug only concerns new files:Existing files updated by sync get the proper modification date synched from original to copy.New files get a new date set precisely when the transfer starts, on both sides of the sync.I haven't reproduced the "re-synch same file back" bug yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lchoquel Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 That's it, today the problem happened again but this time on existing files and even on files which had not even changed on either computer.As a consequence, in some of my synched folders, all or almost all files show the last sync's date instead of their real modification date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yes, we found the issue with modification time it will be fixed in next build. Do you use Windows as one of the machine for Sync? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lchoquel Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Yes both machines are running Windows 7.One of them is actually Wndows 7 based on parallels desktop on a Mac but that shouldn't influence the bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Then most likely we fixed this bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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