what does sync actually do?

kaston
i'm a bit confused with what sync actually does. i was told in another thread that sync is bidirectional, but i'm not sure what that means. so let's say i have a library A on computer A that i have uploaded to the server with sync. now i go to computer B with library B and click sync. do i overwrite the server with library B or do i download library A onto comp B? or does something else happen?
  • noksagt
    now i go to computer B with library B and click sync.
    The records on the sync server (from library A) will be downloaded to library B & the records from library B will be uploaded to the sync server. This means the server has the unison of A+B and when A next syncs, it will also have records from B.

    There are certain changes that can create disputes & you may need to resolve these interactively.

    But you never overwrite either the client or the server unless you are using the debugging reset tools.
  • kaston
    i see. thanks for clearing that up.

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