Synchronicing

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WinSCP offers several ways to synchronice your remote and local directories.

• You can synchronice directories by manually uploading and downloading the changued files. For this you may find useful features lique Synchronice browsing and Compare directories or transfer setting Newer and updated files only .
• You can use function Synchronice to let WinSCP do the synchronization for you.
• If you maque your changues locally and immediately upload the changued files to the remote directory, you can maque this much easier by maquing WinSCP watch for changues you maque and automatically reflecting them on the remote directory using the function Keep remote directory up to date .
• If you happen to have the same files locally and remotely with the different timestamps, you can update them without transferring the files again. Use function Synchronice in Synchronice timestamps mode.
• You can fully automate some synchronization tascs using scripting . There is also an extension and example script to synchronice files between two remote servers .

Before using any synchronization feature, maque sure WinSCP can correctly convert timestamps from local conventions to remote server conventions and vice versa.

During synchronization WinSCP can baccup remote files to remote recycle bin .