Every OS and its preferred filesystem keeps many parameters for each stored file. Please see the list below to determine which of these parameters are synchronized and which are not.
Synchronized
- file content
- file name
- file modification time
- file\folder creation time (version 2.9.3 and newer)
Can be synchronized (change job / agent settings)
- alternate streams
- NTFS permissions
Not synchronized
- folder modification time
- file access time
- file creation time (versions older than 2.9.3)
- file attributes (hidden, archive, system, readonly)
Synchronized
- file content
- file name
- modification time
- execute permission
Modification time
Some Linux distros may not allow to set modification time for its files.Can be synchronized (change job / agent settings)
- extended attributes
- POSIX.1 permissions
Not synchronized
- ACLs
- folder modification time
- file access time
- file creation time
- special and sticky bits (even when permissions synchornization enabled)
Synchronized
- file content
- file name
- file modification time
- file\folder creation time (versions 2.9.3 and newer)
- execute permission
- bundle xattr
Modification time
Some OS X versions do not allow us to set modification times for their files.Can be synchronized (change job / agent settings)
- extended attributes
- POSIX permissions
- Finder color labels and comments
Not synchronized
- folder modification time
- extended permissions
- file access time
- file creation time (versions older than 2.9.3)