ZsCompare has been allows you to simply and easily compare and synchronize directories and the files within them, the content of files, and snippets of text virtually any source.

You can run comparisons on local directories, networked computers, or remove-able media such as CDs, DVDs, and flash drives. With all comparisons, you can customize the settings used to run the comparison in order to fine-tune the results to meet your needs.

The Lite Edition contains basic comparison and synchronization functionality. With the Lite Edition, you will be able to compare directories, zip files, jar files, text files, and freeform text.

The Standard Edition contains all of the features in the Lite edition plus it adds several additional features needed for maximum productivity. The Standard Edition includes support for creating and comparing snapshots as well as support for changing attributes, timestamps, and file names directly from the results. The standard edition also has more powerful text comparison options, and the ability to directly edit the text of a file from the results. With the standard edition, you can also view results in a binary mode which allows you to compare non-textual files.

The Professional Edition contains all of the features in the Standard edition, plus it adds support for comparing the text of Microsoft Word Documents and PDF files. The Professional Edition also lets you create and run scripts which allows you to automate the complete functionality of zsCompare.


Limitations:

· 30 day trial


Here are some key features of "zsCompare":

Directory Comparison and Directory Synchronization
· Compare local directories or networked directories
· Bookmark commonly used directories using Favorites
· Compare by file size
· Compare by last modification date and or creation date with the ability to set tolerances and adjust for daylight savings
· Compare by file attributes (read only, hidden)
· Compare by Checksum including the ability to only do Checksum comparison if file sizes are the same. Two types of checksums calculations are available the CRC32 method and the Adler32 method.
· Compare with fast binary comparison
· Optionally ignore the case of filenames when comparing files and folders
· Optionally ignore hidden and system files when comparing files and folders
· Create and compare snapshots of the file system.
· Create and apply patch files for files. Patch files allow you to store the differences between two files and recreate a file from the original file and the changed file.
· Results are displayed in a hierarchical view which mirrors the structure of your hard drive.
· Modify filenames, timestamps, and attributes directly from the results.
· Sort results according to name, file size, time stamp, or checksum.
· Expand and collapse sub-folders
· Easily compare file contents after completing a folder comparison
· Synchronize all files and folders or selected files and folders in either direction
· The Advanced Synchronization Option for synchronizing directories allows fine-grained control over the synchronization process.
· Copy all files and folders or selected files and folders in either direction
· Permanently delete files and folders without leaving zsCompare
· Open files with the associated editor from zsCompare
· Delete files permanently, or delete to a backup folder
· Filter results according to the relative timestamps of the files.
File Comparison and File Merge
· Side by side comparison of text files
· Compare text from Microsoft Word Documents and PDF Files.
· Compare files by line, by word, or by character
· Compare files where the order of lines is not important
· Compare files where the order of lines is fixed
· Ignore changes in case
· Ignore changes in white-space (spaces and tabs)
· Optionally compare line breaks within a file.
· Break lines after a specified number of characters or after a regular expression
· View a selected line with differences under the results pane making it easier to determine the differences between long lines of text. You can view both lines as they are shown in the results table and/or the lines combined to show additions and deletions.
· Directly edit the contents of a file (Standard and Professional Editions only).
· Synchronize entire files, sections of files, or individual lines in either direction
· Copy entire files, sections of files, or individual lines in either direction
· Delete entire files, sections of files, or individual lines from either side
· Easily compare sections of a file that have been moved using freeform text comparison
· Display results in binary format to more easily compare binary files
General Comparison and Synchronization Functionality
· Results are color coded and the colors can be customized
· Difference Navigator to view results at a glance and easily move between differences
· Filter results to show items that have changed, items that have been added, items that have been deleted, and/or items that are unchanged.
· Save commonly used comparisons with sessions
· Save results for historical or reporting purposes
· Search within results to find specific files or lines of text
· Use your standard system dialog to select files and folders, or use our custom dialog which lets you browse within zip files
· Optionally show a warning prompt before a newer file is overwritten by an older file.
· Optionally show a warning prompt before a file is permanently deleted.
Zip File Management
· Create new Zip files
· Open Zip files and view the contents
· Extract files from a Zip file
· Add files to a Zip file
· Compare Zip files to the original files
· Backup files to a Zip file
· Delete Zip files

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Can now change how much memory is allocated to zsCompare.
· Fixed so that the lists of warnings will resize properly and so that the warnings can be saved to a file or copied to the clipboard.
· Fixed problem where results were not always generated from the command line when not using a session.