Sync two folders on right to one folder on left

Posts: 4 · sfh1975 25 Aug 2021, 10:56

Hi everyone,
Wondering if it is possible? Need to sync two local folders (ran out of storage on local HDD and so added a USB drive) to one folder on a NAS?
Thanks in advance.

Posts: 4910 · xCSxXenon 25 Aug 2021, 14:32

Well you would sync two folders on the left to one folder on the right. You would set them up as an update sync so the second sync doesn't delete the data from the first.

Local 1 -> Destination
Local 2 -> Destination

Posts: 2978 · Plerry 25 Aug 2021, 15:03

Note that when acting as replied above, there should not be any overlap in file names between your Local 1 and Local 2 sources, otherwise you will loose data.

But why not sync Local 1 -> Destination/folder1
and Local 2 -> Destination/folder2
This is fail-safe and allows you to safely run either sync variant (Two-way, Mirror, Update).

Posts: 4910 · xCSxXenon 25 Aug 2021, 15:21

That is a good consideration from Plerry! I figured the two locations would end up being combined in the end. You could also enable versioning to avoid data loss, running the independently is probably best, then you can see any conflicts before deletion ever happens

Posts: 4 · sfh1975 26 Aug 2021, 02:00

Thank you guys. Yes I think I will go the second path. Its mainly photos saved year-wise so I can easily split them between two sources. Also realized that since one of the source is a USB drive, I can put the batch sync script in its root folder and sync it every time I plug it in. No need to keep it plugged in :)
Thank you so much guys. A brilliant piece of software this is :)