Most of us have perhaps forgotten the times when a document meant a piece of paper but not USB flesh drive or DVD with the document in it. Welcome to the age of information and the Internet. Computers are everywhere now, especially if we’re talking about business. Moreover, it is not only traditional business types that use IT support, but there are also appeared numerous new business types some of which operate online only.
Merge folder with remote folder using Compare Suite
The information is everywhere and it is stored in computers. As known, information is only then valued when it is properly analyzed and summarized. At the same time information should be updated from time to time. This is where PC users apply folder merge procedure. This process is also called synchronization of information which is usually contained in folders and directories.
If you want to forget about any problems associated with merging of folders you should definitely use Compare Suite from AKS-LABS. As the name of the program suggests Compare Suite can compare files as well as synchronize folders. All you have to do is just open to folders in Compare Suite and the program will mark differences between folders and synchronize them if necessary.
Merge FTP folder with Compare Suite
Let’s imagine such a situation. There is a shared folder in office computer containing the latest and the most up to date project files which you need in your work. You don’t know for sure which files you have in which files you don’t have, or which documents have been amended and changed. No big problem! Compare Suite will do all the boring routine work for you.
As soon as the two folders are opened in Compare Suite it is possible to see which files were added, deleted or modified. It is possible to compare two individual files from both folders to check out differences between them.
When merging folders with Compare Suite you may choose two methods: manual and automated. Automated method implies synchronization while manual means applying copy, move and delete functions to the files you choose in the program interface.
Of course, is so are you have to deal with huge information volumes it is better to use synchronization option, while manual merging would be good for small folders.
By the way it is possible to merge folders located at remote FTP servers, as well as save synchronization results in a separate report. To access FTP server one should have all the necessary information like username, password, port number etc.