# One-time "sync"

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/one-time-sync/9801
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/one-time-sync/9801 "2017-05-17T11:06:09Z")
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#### Post date: [August 17, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/one-time-sync/9801/25 "2017-08-17T00:33:27Z")

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dtxl did you ever get around to code in or around this?

As it stands, I like the simple “remove from destination when complete and will remove from source”.

Pardon my naive question - how would I implement the “check that it’s complete” on the destination? Continuously polling the local syncthing service?

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