FTP compare ?

[jasonic]

Hi

Just installed UltraCompare and trying to compare folders on my local drive against my website via FTP .

How does this work please ?
If not available, can you suggest an app which does this nicely.


Thanks
Jason

[dipetersen]

I just upgraded to v. 4.10a because it had an ftp option. Now that I have it installed, I can open a file from an FTP site but I can't figure out how to compare the FTP site to a local folder. A search through the help file didn't turn up anything either.

Would be nice to hear something from the developers on this subject. I see your original post is over 1 month old!

[sqlabc]

I've also just upgraded to 4.10a thinking it can compare local and FTP directories. Seems it will only compare local and FTP files one at a time. I'm VERY DISSAPOINTED because this is such a common requirement. I should have installed the trial first.

For those interested in a tool that does it right ... http://www.scootersoftware.com

They've had a good review in the Nov 2006 MSDN magazine.

PLEASE IDM !!! ... fix this for us.

[dipetersen]

I was wondering if the developers ever monitored these forums. It would be nice to hear from the developers if the FTP directory compare is part of the development roadmap.

Thanks

[Mofi]

No, the IDM developers are not monitoring the user forums. Read the 3 paragraphs at top of the page.

I personally use the file manager Total Commander with its built-in FTP client and synchronize directory feature for comparing local and FTP files. It can even compare/synchronize between FTP and FTP. In my point of view and usage UltraCompare is for file comparing and folder comparing is the job of a file manager which gives me also the possibility to rename or delete files and change the permissions /attributes of files and directories.

[kenlyle]

Thanks for the tip, Mofi.

I installed and spent some time with Total Commander.

I found that it doesn't do FTP to FTP syncs, which someone in this thread seemed to want.

The FTP to local sync, and the time/datestamp issue workarounds are pretty impressive.

Thanks for the tip, Mofi.

I am still looking for something that will generate a "patch set" from the diffs between two versions, so that the "patch set" can be applied to a future version of the same base. Ideally, this would be recursive through subdirectories, like in my OSCommerce scenario.

Do you know of any tool like that?

Thanks,
Ken