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Old 01-17-2006, 07:00 AM
gbrandt gbrandt is offline
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Originally Posted by dnanian
Smart Update is just like Copy Different, but adds "delete". In other words, if you remove a file from the source, it'll be removed from the destination with Smart Update, but NOT with Copy Different.

That's why Smart Update is just like erase, then copy... but Copy Different is not. In addition, neither Copy Different nor Copy Newer guarantee a bootable result.

Hope that helps!
OK makes sense. So under what real world scenario(s) would one use "copy different" on a regular scheduled basis? ( vs. 'Smart Update' = nightly mirror).

thx

-gb
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