Archive bit causes files to be copied.

[rknol]

We are backing up (1:1 copy) one disk to another.

Everything seemed to be working fine, but I noticed that files were being copied over even though the content was not changed.

Looking more closely, it appear that if a file's Archive bit is set then Allsync will copy the file, even though the modified time (and file size) are identical.

This is causing a lot of trouble for me. We have other software that "touches" the files on the source, and Archive bits could be set (or reset) at any time.

Is there a way that we can tell Allsync (v2.6 Business Edition) to ignore the Archive bit on the source side?

Other than this issue, this is one great program.

Cheers,

ronald.

[Administrator]

Maybe you have activated the copy option "Copy only files with the 'Archive' attribute"?

Normally AllSync don't use the file attributes to determine to copy a file or not. At the copy mode "1:1 copy" AllSync uses only the following rule: "Overwrite file if the modified date/time of the files is different".