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Wow, a reply after 3,5 years! :-D Thank you very much for your suggestion.
I might give this a go!

Yes, I understand. But with "update" I will end up with right-side-base-folder folder1 file1.1 file1.2 folder2 file2.1 folder3 file3.1 I.e. the files I removed within folders on the left side won't be deleted on the right side. So I guess what I want is "update of all directories in t...

Thanks again for your reply! As I said, you already solved my problem with the hint regarding the time-span filter. But to make again clear what I meant initially, consider the following example: left-side-base-folder folder1 file1.1 folder3 file3.1 right-side-base-folder folder1 file1.1 file1.2 fol...

You are probably right that the files in the root are not included any more when using \*\* instead of just *. What I would have wanted was that also the directories in the root are not included any more, while the content of these directories is still regarded. Thus, only the content of the left-si...

Hey Plerry, thanks a lot for the quick reply.
I just got around to trying your suggestions today.

\*\* did not have any effect apparatently.
But the time-span has exactly the effect I was aiming for!
Thanks a lot!

I am looking for a solution to quite the same problem. I have a directory "photos" with subdirectories for each month "photos/2017-01", "photos/2017-02", and so on. On my external hard drive I archive it all. On my laptop I only have the most recent directories. Two thi...