Using a File Deploy Job, you can copy files and directories to target servers and overwrite the corresponding files on those machines. Alternatively, you can copy only those files and directories that meet criteria you specify, a process called a synchronized push.
If the files and directories on a target server satisfy your criteria, the push replaces those files. When you perform a synchronized push, you can also specify some other characteristics of the push.
Field definitions
| Check Sync Push to copy source files and directories conditionally based on criteria you specify.
Clearing Sync Push copies source files and directories to each target server regardless of the state of the corresponding files on each of the targets. Essentially, this option overwrites existing destination files on the target host. By default, files are not copied conditionally. That is, by default, target files are overwritten. |
| Available only if you checked Sync Push.
Copies a source file if its size differs from the size of the target file. |
| Available only if you checked Sync Push.
Copies a source file if its MD5 checksum differs from that of the target. This option is typically used when File Size and Last Modified do not adequately differentiate files. Selecting this option adds overhead to the push. |
| Available only if you checked Sync Push.
Copies a source file if its time and date of last modification differs from the time and date when the target file was last modified. |
| Available only if you checked Sync Push.
Synchronizes file permissions if the source and target file permissions differ. In this case only file permissions are copied; the file itself is not copied. This option is not recommended when the source or target machines are Windows systems. |
| Available only if you checked Sync Push.
Synchronizes file ownership if there are different owners for the source and target files. In this case only file ownership information is copied; the file itself is not copied. This option is not recommended when the source or target machines are Windows systems. |
| Available only if you checked Sync Push.
Recursively deletes files and directories that exist in the target directory but not in the source directory. This option ensures consistency across remote systems. |