LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Dealing with conflicts, Other conflicts, Open the Xchange Agent

Changing how all conflicts are handled By default, each conflict is presented for resolution when you run an Xchange Agent. You can change this so that conflicts are handled automatically.

To change how conflicts are handled by an Xchange Agent:

1Open the Xchange Agent.

2On the File menu, click Properties.

3On the Run Options tab, click this option: Run Unattended, without Preview or Confirmations. Then click either of these options:

•Do Not Copy Either; Keep Both Files

•Copy the Newer File over the Older

Ignoring old conflicts By default, old and new conflicts are treated alike, according to the settings on the Run Options tab in Properties. For example, if you specify that conflicts are to be displayed every time you run an agent, old conflicts will appear every time you run the agent. The alternative is to exclude old conflicts, regardless of how other conflicts are handled.

NOTE To retain both versions of files in old conflicts, click this option on the Advanced tab in Properties: Exclude Previously Skipped Files.

To exclude old conflicts from synchronizations:

1 Open the Xchange Agent.

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2On the File menu, click Properties.

3On the Advanced tab, click this option: Exclude Previously Skipped Files.

Other conflicts

You may encounter other kinds of conflicts in these situa- tions:

•When you attempt to copy a file or folder with a long name to a drive that does not accept long names.

•When you attempt to synchronize a file with a folder; this happens only when a file and a folder have exactly the same name.

Long name conflicts If you do not shorten long names, you are given this choice when you run an agent: copy the file and give the copy a short name, or skip the conflict with- out copying the file.

Conflicts between files and folders If you do not rename the file to avoid the conflict, you are given this choice when you run an agent: copy both the file and folder and give the copies new names, or skip the conflict without copying either.

The best way to handle either of these conflicts is to rename files: shorten the long names or rename the file so that it does not conflict with the name of the folder. True synchroni- zation cannot occur otherwise. If you set an agent to run unattended, for example, neither file in a conflict is copied.

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