SynchronEX Backup & FTP Version 2 descriptions SynchronEX is a versatile tool for synchronization backup & FTP of files & directories - optimized for one-click automation & supporting shell usage. Possible applications are laptop/server-synchronisation backup & incremental backup over network or local paths automated incremental FTP upload of web sites ZIP archives multi-point authoring with collision detection consistent synchronization of work & home computer via disk or net. For advanced usage it supports super & sub syncs nested syncs remove or hard syncs multi root syncs one-way syncs complex exclude & include patterns Python scripting etc. It is not only a file & directory synchronizer many additional tools are included like finding duplicate files & empty directories. It is basically a shell application but is well integrated into the Windows Explorer. A key concept of SychronEX are small sync config files usually placed at the root point of the file tree of interest.