FFS wants to re-copy files from SD card in phone after daylight savings time starts
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I have a bunch of image files on my phone's SD card that I synced before the US switch to daylight savings time. Now when I do a "compare" FFS wants to re-copy these files. Wasn't the whole point of the weird creation dates that FFS puts on FAT files to prevent this issue?
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It turned out, even the herculean stunts that FFS pulls are not enough, due to another FAT "feature" called file-system tunneling:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/07/15/439261.aspx
In essence, after synchronization, you need to compare at least once more, to freeze file times of last modified files.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/07/15/439261.aspx
In essence, after synchronization, you need to compare at least once more, to freeze file times of last modified files.
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- Joined: 6 Jul 2005
>In essence, after synchronization, you need to compare at least once more, to freeze file times of last modified files.
Does FFS do this now? Or do I need to do this manually?
Also, I see that there are two options in FFS to skip syncing a file - "space" prevents the file from being synced "temporarily" by "unchecking" it, while "alt-down arrow" is similar but doesn't "uncheck" the file. It would make sense to me, if "alt-down arrow" told FFS not to take action on the file until one or both files changed on a subsequent compare, while "space" was temporary. That would allow me to skip re-copying all my images from the phone. Does that make sense?
Does FFS do this now? Or do I need to do this manually?
Also, I see that there are two options in FFS to skip syncing a file - "space" prevents the file from being synced "temporarily" by "unchecking" it, while "alt-down arrow" is similar but doesn't "uncheck" the file. It would make sense to me, if "alt-down arrow" told FFS not to take action on the file until one or both files changed on a subsequent compare, while "space" was temporary. That would allow me to skip re-copying all my images from the phone. Does that make sense?
