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I regularly use v2 for the 'ignore extension' option, but had a question on this feature in v3. Can I set name search criteria per side? What I am trying to do is compare the following:
In Folder1 I have:
file1.jpg
file1.png
I want to compare the timestamps of file1.jpg to file1.png even though they are in the same folder. If file1.jpg was in folder1 and file2.png was in folder 2 it wouldn't be a problem, but with them both in the same folder, the name filter (Include files) seems to apply globally to both sides.
While I realize I could separate the files into 2 folders, (one for each extension) there are around 800,000 files so it would take the better part of a day to do that. Was hoping in v3 (Pro) would allow you to add a modifier to the left and right folder to only include files of a specific type (per side).
Basically I'd want to do a folder compare with the left being c:\test\*.jpg and the right being c:\test\*.png with the 'ignore extension' option set.
Possible?
BTW, I realize this falls way outside the line of replication, however I have found that 'ignore extension' is an extremely powerful tool and I regularly use it instead of writing programs to do detailed comparisons of folders where the file extensions are different, but the names are the same and I need to take action on orphans or outdated files. It saves a TON of time.
In Folder1 I have:
file1.jpg
file1.png
I want to compare the timestamps of file1.jpg to file1.png even though they are in the same folder. If file1.jpg was in folder1 and file2.png was in folder 2 it wouldn't be a problem, but with them both in the same folder, the name filter (Include files) seems to apply globally to both sides.
While I realize I could separate the files into 2 folders, (one for each extension) there are around 800,000 files so it would take the better part of a day to do that. Was hoping in v3 (Pro) would allow you to add a modifier to the left and right folder to only include files of a specific type (per side).
Basically I'd want to do a folder compare with the left being c:\test\*.jpg and the right being c:\test\*.png with the 'ignore extension' option set.
Possible?
BTW, I realize this falls way outside the line of replication, however I have found that 'ignore extension' is an extremely powerful tool and I regularly use it instead of writing programs to do detailed comparisons of folders where the file extensions are different, but the names are the same and I need to take action on orphans or outdated files. It saves a TON of time.
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