When a file is listed, a hash mark '#' after the date means that it has changed since the last file transfer. A '~' after the file size means they have the same checksum, and are probably the same, and a '!' after the file size means the checksums are different, and the file contents are different. A '.' after the file size means the checksums were not computed.

When running the GUI, no actions will be taken until you click the 'Run' check box.

The following table are the default actions of keys in sifter.

Standard Keytable

Default Key	Function Name	Description
"SPACE"	toggleOK	Toggle the OK check box on the current choice.
"ENTER"	setOK	Check of OK on the current choice.
"S-DOWN"	nextChoice	Select the next choice of this choice set.
"S-UP"	prevChoice	Select the previous choice of this choice set.
"D"	chooseDelete	Pick the DELETE choice. Delete this file, and/or send a delete message to the remote host.
"P"	chooseSendPermission	Pick the SEND PERMISSION choice. Send this file's permissions to the remote host.
"S"	chooseSend	Pick the SEND choice. Send this file to the remote host.
"S-S"	chooseSend_permission	Pick the SEND_PERMISSION choice. Send the read/write permissions and modification date stamp to the remote host.
"R"	chooseRequest	Pick the REQUEST choice. Request or recieve this file from the remote host.
"S-R"	chooseRequestAll	Pick the REQUEST_ALL choice. Request all of this directory from remote host.
"A"	chooseAccept	Pick the ACCEPT choice. Accept the read/write permissions and modification date stamp from the remote host.
"I"	chooseIgnore	Pick the IGNORE choice. Don't do anything with this file.
"E"	chooseEdiff	Pick the EDIFF choice. Pass the two versions to Emacs and ask it to run ediff. This only works if gnuclient is installed.
"C"	chooseChecksum	Pick the CHECKSUM choice. Send a checksum of the file to the remote host. If the checksums are the same, then the files are probably the same.
"?"	printDebug	Print some debugging information.
"C-RIGHT"	scrollRight	scroll to the right.
"C-LEFT"	scrollLeft	scroll left.
"C-L"	redraw	redraw.
"-"	collapse	Collapse the directory so that none of its files are shown.
"+", "="	expand	Expand the directory so that its files are shown again.
"M-ALL", "A-ALL"	passToChildren	When called on a directory, any key with the alt- held down will be passed to all of the children.
"M-ALL", "A-ALL", "-", "+", "="	passToParent	At the end of a directory, any key with the alt- key modifier will be passed to the parent, which passes it to all of its children.
"DELETE"	delete	Delete the given node.
"PAGE_UP"	pageUp	Scroll up
"PAGE_DOWN"	pageDown	Scroll down.
"TAB", "ENTER"	nextNonOK	Change current so that it is at the next non-checked-ok choice. Scroll if it is not on screen. Un-collapse directories if nec. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"DOWN", "C-N"	increment	Change current choice to the next visible choice. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"UP", "C-P"	decrement	Change current choice to the previous visible choice. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"C-UP"	upDir	Go to top of current dir. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"C-DOWN"	downDir	Go to bottom of current dir. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"HOME"	home	Go to first in list. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"END"	end	Go to last. Returns true if any scrolling was done.
"CS-P"	debugList	debug the choice list.
"C-R"	toggleRun	Toggle the run state.
"C-Q"	toggleQuit	Toggle the quit-when-done-state state.
"C-C"	doAbort	Toggle the run state.
">", "S-.", "."	increaseAccept	Increase the automatic acceptance level (up to, but not including the 'reckless' level.). Any choice whose severity level below the automatic acceptance level will automatically be marked as 'O.K.' and will automatically be run when its turn comes up.
"<", "S-,", ","	decreaseAccept	Decrease the automatic acceptance level. Any choice whose severity level below the automatic acceptance level will automatically be marked as 'O.K.' and will automatically be run when its turn comes up.