[feature request] Diff view option

[dodfr]

Hello,

I just discovered FFS (until now I used the very old FileSync from FileWare), I like it but FFS seems to have no "WinDiff" option to open text files that are different into some WinDiff like tool (could be set in parameters as "Win-Diff_Like_app %source %destination") this could be usefull.

Also there is no option to save the list of files that are different (all of them or only selected ones) into a text file that would permit to batch the "Text Diff" fort multiple files at once.

The "Save file list for Diff" could have some very basic format with 3 columns that would be the same format used to laucnh the Diff app as "Win-Diff_Like_app source destination".

regards.

[Zenju]

A diff tool can be integrated easily into FreeFileSync. With the num-keys used as shortcuts, getting a diff for a file pair in FFS is as easy as pressing a single button such as "3".

[dodfr]

Hello,

Oh yes this should do the trick :-)

And about "exporting" a list of selected file paths to help producing a batched text Diff result ?

Than you.

[Zenju]

FFS has "menu -> tools -> export file list" and also supports "CTRL + C" to copy the active selection (considering currently visible columns). It might be useful to right-click on the grid column and show the "Full path" column.

[dodfr]

Hello,

Well this is not what I expected as this is a "pure" CSV extract of what you see on screen so it is not usable "as is" for my need, I will have to make some script to translate this export into something with one line containing root path+subfolder+filename of the source and same for destination.

But this is better that nothing thank you.

[dodfr]

sorry I missed the "full path" thing ! this way is much better as I can simply do some cut -d";" -f1,5 :-)

[Zenju]

There is one more way: You can directly stream selected file paths to some output file with an external applicatons command line like:

cmd /c echo %item_path% %item2_path% >> %csidl_Desktop%\output.txt


[dodfr]

OK all works, CSV export is usable and the "3" shortkey launch the WinDiff.

thank you I can stop using the old FileSync now.

[dodfr]

for info I upgraded from 7.9 to 8.0 and lost my shorcuts in the context menu customization settings my two lines vanished.

[Zenju]

for info I upgraded from 7.9 to 8.0 and lost my shorcuts in the context menu customization settings my two lines vanished.

Did you uninstall the old FFS version before updating? If yes, then that's the problem.

[dodfr]

Did you uninstall the old FFS version before updating? If yes, then that's the problem.

Nope just installed over it.