Download SyncBack 3.1

2BrightSparks has released version 3.1 of SyncBack. This freeware program can be used to backup or synchronize files. This can be done to the drive containing the files, another drive or medium, an FTP server, or to a zip archive. In addition, the program generates extensive log files in HTML format, which can optionally be sent automatically by e-mail. Recently version 3.1 has been released and the changelog looks like this:

Version 3.1 (May 2004)

• Fixed a number of minor bugs including sporadic out-of-bounds error and tree problems
• Fixed a out-of-bounds error when using an FTP server that doesn’t support MDTM command
• Text log file now correctly appends
• When canceling settings, only given warning if any settings were changed
• New option to email log file only if errors occur
• Fixed access violation and runtime 216 errors (mostly related to CPU frequency)
• Log file now created and written to before scanning starts
• Fixed bug where log file was empty if user aborted during compression when using single file compression
• Network connections are retried to try and reduce the chance of a profile failing because of ‘Network errors’
• New option to ignore files that have not been modified/created within a certain time frame, eg last 7 days
• The display now clearly shows if a profile is configured as Group, Backup, Synchronize, Restore or Custom
• Can now export AutoClose settings. AutoClose settings will now be exported on pre-XP systems.
• Can now use quote characters to wrap file and directory names that contain spaces (for FTP)
• Automatically detect IE proxy server and port number for FTP settings (not if using a script)
• Automatically retries file copy 1223 errors (related to temporary network problems)
• The sub-directory selection option on profile setup has been changed from a checkbox to a drop-down list
• The email subject will be prefixed with [Failed] if the profile run failed
• The profile description (in Profile Setup) will now say if the profile will run slowly due to its settings
• When reading and writing files to an FTP server, SyncBack will automatically change the files permissions as required to do the get/put and then revert them back
• System wide hotkeys can be assigned to profiles (including group profiles) so they run automatically when pressed
• Fixed date encoding error
• Reintroduced the old (V2) method of file copying & deleting as an option (fixes problems with Novell networks)
• Option to tell SyncBack if FTP server is using GMT/UTC or local time
• Fixed bug where all files skipped if option to skip modified files was enabled
• Program caption (and About dialog caption) now say exactly which version of SyncBack it is
• Now identifies changes in file attributes
• Checks if the Windows Task Scheduler service is installed and running (NT/2K/XP only)
• Warning given if Zip file contains more than 65,535 files
• Seconds difference is now 2 by default. This is to avoid problems with FAT and UNIX drives (which are not as accurate as NTFS)
• Option to clear archive attribute of source and destination files when copied
• Fixed a bug in MDTM FTP code
• Network connect can be configured to use supplied username and password before default one (for NT/2K/XP only)