Empty folders left on right side.

[DigitalMan]

Am using scripting to synchronize folders to a backup drive with a scheduled task. I'm finding that empty folders are being left on the backup drive for some reason. Am using

option confirm:yes-to-all
load "D:\Projects" "Z:\Projects"
sync create-empty mirror:left->right

Should I be doing something different so that when I delete a folder on the left it will remove it on the right?

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you load the folders in the graphical interface and enable View menu -> Suppress Filters, do the "empty" folders contain Protected operating system files?

If you want to delete these files, you'll want to update the "filter include-protected" before the load command to include them in the sync step. If excluded, then they aren't part of the sync so they aren't copied or deleted; folders that contain filtered items aren't truly empty so they are also not deleted.

[DigitalMan]

I believe they contain hidden desktop.ini. Can you give an example script of how to do this? Do I just add "filter include-protected" at the top of my script or before each load/sync operation?

Dan

Hello,

If you load the folders in the graphical interface and enable View menu -> Suppress Filters, do the "empty" folders contain Protected operating system files?

If you want to delete these files, you'll want to update the "filter include-protected" before the load command to include them in the sync step. If excluded, then they aren't part of the sync so they aren't copied or deleted; folders that contain filtered items aren't truly empty so they are also not deleted.

[Aaron]

Correct, a rough sample script can either
log verbose c:\bclog.txt
option confirm:yes-to-all
filter include-protected
load "D:\Projects" "Z:\Projects"
sync create-empty mirror:left->right

Or you can use the interface to save a Folder Compare session with all options (folders, filters, etc) already set, then load that session name:

log verbose c:\bclog.txt
option confirm:yes-to-all
load "Session name"
sync create-empty mirror:left->right