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how to exclude a file or folder from syncing
From: http://www.macworld.com/article/2851413/how-to-create-a-personal-cloud-with-bittorrent-sync.html
Go to Folder, enter the full path of the folder you’re syncing followed by /.sync double-click the file IgnoreList to open it in TextEdit (or your default app for text files). Add the file(s) or folder(s) you want to exclude at the end of the list, one item per line. (You can use the wildcards * and ? to indicate patterns, such as IMG_*.jpeg.)
Create Sync Folders in BitTorrent Sync 2
How to create a personal cloud with BitTorrent Sync 2.0
From: http://www.macworld.com/article/2851413/how-to-create-a-personal-cloud-with-bittorrent-sync.html
hover over the folder name and click Share. In the dialog that appears, select Read & Write under Permission (to let yourself modify the folder on any of your own devices). Click Email to create a new message Be careful here–if you’re syncing a folder named Example and you choose, say, /Users/you/Example in this dialog, BitTorrent Sync will add a folder at /Users/you/Example/Example. BitTorrent Sync shows an alert asking you to approve access from the new client. Click the green check mark to approve.
Disable Pro Trial In Sync 2.0
From: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/34322-disable-pro-trial-in-sync-20/
If you find and delete the file license.bin and then start BTSync you'll be on the free version instead of the trial. Win: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\BitTorrent Sync\License\875\ Mac: /Users/<me>/Library/Application Support/BitTorrent Sync/License/189xxx, v2.0.93 / Mac Linux: /var/lib/btsync/License/somenumbers/license.bin
sync-your-windows-profile-the-smart-way
From: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/17728-sync-your-windows-profile-the-smart-way/
A Link can be so called Hard Link linking one file to a target file, or a Soft Link linking a folder to a target folder. Soft Links are also called Symbolic Links. Third link type is Junction, basically a hard link but as hard links can only link files we need to use junctions to link folders.
mkdir BTSync mklink /J "BTSync\Contacts" "Contacts" mklink /J "BTSync\user_Desktop" "Desktop" mklink /J "BTSync\Documents" "Documents" mklink /J "BTSync\Downloads" "Downloads"
From: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/17782-bittorrent-sync-faq-unofficial/
.SyncIgnore = A user editable file allowing you to "exclude" certain files/sub folders for being sync'd
Run Bittorrent Sync as Service
From: http://iain.cx/src/
NSSM service helper (Windows API): Service helper program similar to srvany. But which doesn't suck.
From: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/18326-start-sync-as-service-on-windows/
Start Sync as service on Windows
1. Copy instsrv.exe & srvany.exe to C:\Program Files (x86)\BitTorrent Sync, you should get these files from Windows NT Resource Kit
Log Location
\AppData\Roaming\BitTorrent Sync
More On Lnks
Junctions Junctions are counterparts to hard links in that they work on directories instead of files. Implemented as reparse points stored as metadata in the file system junctions can point to other directories or volumes on the same computer, but not to folders on other computers. Unlike hard links, junctions point to a fixed path, the target. If the target is moved, deleted or renamed, you get the error “File not found” when attempting to list the contents of a junction. That means junctions can become stale, while hard links cannot.