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Beyond Compare User Guide Copyright © 2012 Scooter Software, Inc. Beyond Compare Copyright © 2012 Scooter Software, Inc. All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher. Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners. The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it. In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document. Published: July 2012 Contents 3 Table of Contents Part 1 Welcome 7 1 What's. .N..e..w............................................................................................................................. 8 2 Standa..r.d.. .v..s. .P..r..o..................................................................................................................... 9 Part 2 Using Beyond Compare 11 1 Home. .V...i.e..w........................................................................................................................... 12 Managing Ses..s..i.o..n...s.. .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Sharing Sessi.o...n..s.. .................................................................................................................................................. 13 2 Folde.r. .C...o..m...p..a..r.e................................................................................................................... 14 Understandin.g.. .t.h...e.. .D..i.s...p..l.a..y.. .................................................................................................................................. 15 How to Comp.a..r.e... .F..o..l.d..e...r.s... .................................................................................................................................... 16 Filtering the V..i.e..w... .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Reconciling Di.f..f.e..r..e..n...c..e..s.. ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Archive Files .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 File Action De.t.a..i.l.s.. .................................................................................................................................................. 20 Copy ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Move ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Copy to Fo.l.d..e..r................................................................................................................................................... 21 Move to Fo.l.d..e..r................................................................................................................................................... 22 Delete ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Rename ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Attributes ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Touch ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Exclude ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 New Folde.r........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Synchroniz..e....................................................................................................................................................... 26 3 Folde.r. .S...y.n..c.......................................................................................................................... 28 4 Text C..o..m...p..a..r..e...................................................................................................................... 30 Editing Text .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Walking Throu..g...h.. .D..i.f..f.e..r..e..n...c..e..s.. ............................................................................................................................. 31 Searching for. .T..e..x..t.. ................................................................................................................................................ 32 5 Text M...e..r.g..e........................................................................................................................... 33 Using Text Me..r..g..e.. .................................................................................................................................................. 34 6 Data C...o..m...p..a..r.e...................................................................................................................... 35 7 Hex C..o..m...p..a..r.e....................................................................................................................... 37 8 Pictur.e.. .C...o..m...p..a..r.e.................................................................................................................. 38 9 Regis.t.r.y.. .C..o..m...p..a..r.e................................................................................................................. 40 10 Text E..d..i.t.............................................................................................................................. 41 11 Other. .V..i.e..w... .T..y..p..e..s................................................................................................................ 42 12 File F.o..r.m...a..t.s......................................................................................................................... 44 Grammars .......................................................................................................................................................... 44 13 Repor..t.s................................................................................................................................ 44 Copyright © 2012 Scooter Software, Inc. 3 4 Beyond Compare 14 FTP A..c.c..e..s..s.......................................................................................................................... 45 15 Using. .S..n..a..p..s..h..o..t.s.................................................................................................................. 46 16 Renam...i.n..g.. .F..i.l.e..s.................................................................................................................... 46 17 Samp.l.e.. .R...e..g..u..l.a..r. .E..x..p..r.e..s..s.i.o..n..s............................................................................................... 47 18 Callin.g.. .B...e..y.o..n..d.. .C...o..m...p..a..r.e.. .f.r.o..m... .O...t.h..e..r. .A..p..p..l.i.c..a..t.i.o..n..s.............................................................. 48 19 Movin..g.. .B..e..y..o..n..d.. .C..o..m...p..a..r.e.. .t.o.. .A..n..o..t.h..e..r.. .C..o..m...p..u..t.e..r.................................................................. 48 20 Autom..a..t.i.n..g.. .w...i.t.h.. .S..c..r.i.p..t.s....................................................................................................... 49 Sample Script.s... ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 Scheduling a S...c..r.i.p...t. ............................................................................................................................................... 53 Part 3 Settings Reference 54 1 Progr.a..m... .O..p..t.i.o..n..s.................................................................................................................. 55 Startup .......................................................................................................................................................... 56 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 Tabs 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