Feature Request: Detect Moved Files

[anjan_oleti]

On comparing different folders... there may be some files which are same (based on size and time stamp), but contained in different sub-folders... BC identifies them as two SEPARATE ORPHANS, instead of MOVED FILES.

The result...

Two operations are required in MIRRORING:
1. Delete file in old location
2. Copy same file to new location
Instead of:
Move the file from old to new location within the same folder
This will save a lot of time... more so, if the files are large!

And in case of MERGING, it will create DUPLICATE of the same file!


I had requested for this feature earlier, in this thread:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2979

Adding this feature would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

[Aaron]

Hello,

Thanks for your interest in this feature. It is still something we are considering for a future version.

In the case of merging, what steps are you following where a duplicate file is created? The default mirror should copy the moved file over, and delete the file from its previous location.

[anjan_oleti]

In case of merging, I verify the differences manually; replicate the file moves manually; and then use the BC commands for the rest.
But, I don't do merging too often.
Mirroring does work the way you described, but when the moved files are too huge, it takes up a lot of time. It gets annoying most of the times!