Comparing subdirectories without a common parent

[Dave_L]

One task I do frequently is synchronize files between two computers using a mapped network drive.

A problem is that the directories I want to compare do not have a common parent, and may have dissimilar paths. For example:

/home/dave/doc <-> /mnt/laptop/home/dave/doc
/opt/lampp/htdocs <-> /mnt/laptop/opt/lampp/htdocs
/opt/lampp/var/mysql <-> /mnt/laptop/opt/lampp/var/mysql
/mnt/sda2/d/download <-> /mnt/laptop/sda8/download

I don't want to use an automatic script. I need to view the differences interactively since sometimes I need to skip updating some of the files.

Is there a way of setting up a session that will (somehow) load up all of these folder compares in one step?

[Michael Bulgrien]

An n-Way Folder Compare session used to be on the roadmap for BC3 Pro. I am guessing that it has been post-poned to a 3.x release due to time constraints that prevented its implementation in 3.0

[Aaron]

You could create a series of sessions, or just open the Folder Compares, and then go up to Session -> Save Workspace As. Loading a Workspace will re-open your Windows and Tabs.

Would this be the feature you are looking for?

[Dave_L]

That might work. I haven't experimented with workspaces yet.

Another idea I had was to create symbolic links to all the directories (this is on linux), create a new directory on each computer containing the symlinks, and then compare those two directories. I haven't tried this yet.

But the workspace solution sounds more straightforward.

[Dave_L]

Thanks, Aaron, saving the workspace does what I wanted.