FolderComparisonThoroughness Enumeration

This enumeration defines constants for file comparison thoroughness in folder comparisons. You can use the numeric values from scripting languages that do not have access to the symbolic enumeration constants.

Constant Value Description
fctCheckTimestampsAndSizes 0x0000 (0) Only consider file size and/or last modification time when deciding if a file has changed.
fctAlwaysThorough 0x0001 (1) Always perform a thorough (byte-by-byte or using the comparison engine) comparison between files.
fctThoroughOnlyIfTimestampsAndSizesDifferent 0x0002 (2) Perform a thorough (byte-by-byte or using the comparison engine) comparison between files if the files’ timestamps and/or sizes are different.