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File properties being synchronized and not

Every OS and its preferred filesystem keeps many parameters for each stored file. Please see the list below to determine which of these parameters are synchronized and which are not.

Synchronized

  • file content
  • file name
  • file modification time
  • file\folder creation time (version 2.9.3 and newer)

Can be synchronized (change job / agent settings)

  • alternate streams
  • NTFS permissions

Not synchronized

  • folder modification time
  • file access time
  • file creation time (versions older than 2.9.3)
  • file attributes (hidden, archive, system, readonly)

Synchronized

  • file content
  • file name
  • modification time
  • execute permission

Modification time

Some Linux distros may not allow to set modification time for its files.

Can be synchronized (change job / agent settings)

  • extended attributes
  • POSIX.1 permissions

Not synchronized

  • ACLs
  • folder modification time
  • file access time
  • file creation time
  • special and sticky bits (even when permissions synchornization enabled)

Synchronized

  • file content
  • file name
  • file modification time
  • file\folder creation time (versions 2.9.3 and newer)
  • execute permission
  • bundle xattr

Modification time

Some OS X versions do not allow us to set modification times for their files.

Can be synchronized (change job / agent settings)

Not synchronized

  • folder modification time
  • extended permissions
  • file access time
  • file creation time (versions older than 2.9.3)