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Beyond Compare is a powerful file and folder comparison tool, but sometimes we need to ignore the time factor for comparison. This might come in handy when comparing files from different devices or with different timestamps. PHP editor Yuzai will show you how to use Beyond Compare's function of ignoring the time factor to achieve more accurate file comparison. Please continue reading this article to learn how to operate and specific application scenarios.
If you want to ignore the time factor, the specific operations are as follows:
Click Beyond Compare to open the folder comparison interface, click the [Browse Folder] button to select the folder to be compared. As shown in the figure, files with the same content but different modification times have red difference marks.
Click the [Session] button on the toolbar, select [Session Settings] in the expanded drop-down menu, and the Session Settings-Folder Comparison window will pop up. Click to select the [Compare] tab. At the bottom of the lower left side of the [Compare] tab menu interface, check [Overwrite Quick Test Results (Q)]. After selecting, click OK to complete the folder comparison session settings.
After setting the rules of the [Compare] tab above, open the Beyond Compare folder comparison session operation interface again, as shown in the figure. Files with the same content at different modification times are marked in gray. The display format defaults to the same file.
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