Export Session to a Bash Script

[warrenweiss]

Is it possible to save a Folder Sync session as a bash script (with auto-sync)?

I see it's possible to save a session as an XML file.

TIA

[Chris]

Beyond Compare can't automatically generate a script from a session. However, you can automate Beyond Compare by writing a script.

See the "Using Beyond Compare > Automating With Scripts" and "Scripting Reference" topics in Beyond Compare 3's help file for details on scripting.

Here's an example script to sync folders left to right:

load c:\folder1 c:\folder2
sync update:left->right

Save it as a text file, then run it using the following command line:
bcompare @c:\script.txt

The @ character tells Beyond Compare to run a file as a script rather than load it for interactive comparison.

Since you referenced Bash, if you're running Beyond Compare for Linux, be aware it requires an X-Windows session to run, even for scripts. This means a Beyond Compare script won't run as a Cron job. Beyond Compare for Windows scripts run fine using the Windows Task Scheduler without an interactive user logged in.

[Thibaultmol]

I have been annoyed by the fact that I have to make a script instead of using the GUI to generate one from a session.
Just a question: Why can't it generate a script from a session?

[Chris]

Scheduling syncs and generating scripts from the GUI are both on our wish list for a future version of Beyond Compare, but are not supported in Beyond Compare 3.3.10.

[qqq200kg]

hi Chris, is it supported now, it's 2018 now, haha~

[Chris]

Sorry, Beyond Compare can't export a session from the GUI. To automate Beyond Compare, you'll have to write a script. See Beyond Compare's help files for information about scripting.