The Sync data file is a text file that gives Sync its synchronization instructions.

You can create Sync data files in any editor, but we recommend that you use Sync Builder because it is a task highly subject to error. If you use the Sync Builder, you won't have to worry about the structure of a Sync data file.

Most lines of a Sync data file provide a source and a target. The last line of the file can specify an executable to run after synchronization completes.

Sync data files can be nested. Nesting allows you to set up packages of Sync data files for a particular application or set of common files that can be reused within larger Sync data files. For example, a generic Sync data file could be setup for copying PowerBuilder runtime DLLs and another could be setup for a particular corporate application. Both of these Sync data files could be included in a department's Sync data file.

Source types

Sync can synchronize files from these sources: