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File properties being synchronized and not

Every operating system and its preferred file system keeps many parameters for each stored file. To determine which of these parameters are synchronized and which are not, refer to the lists below.

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, read-only)

Synchronized

  • file content
  • file name
  • modification time
  • execute permission
  • special and sticky bits (versions: 4.2.6 and newer, 5.0.1 and newer)

Modification time

Some Linux distributions 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

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 macOS 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)