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Idea #10103: There should be a pause copying process option like in BeOS or Total commander

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #356: Copy / Move File Queue.
Written by archon256 the 20 Jun 08 at 16:04. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Also a queue copy jobs feature as in Total commander would be very usefull combined with the pause option.

Its a very userfull feature when dealing with big amounts of files which have to be moved between different folders. Once you have queued all the files you can go for a coffee and once youre back, all the files have been moved/copied between the needed folders.

At the moment you have to wait till one copy/move process finishes, so you can start a new one and if you run out of space, you have to start the copying process from the beginning.

If you would have the pause option, then you could pause the copy/move process, make some space on the harddrive and then resume the process.

Its a very simple and usefull feature and its one which would be welcome by many users.
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Written by archon256 the 20 Jun 08 at 16:04.
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Knysliuxdata wrote on the 20 Jun 08 at 20:53
That's a good idea. The queue would be nice.

I mean haven't you ever copied a very large file and in the middle of say 30min process you must check your e-mail, open something or copy another file first. Pause would be way better than sluggish behavior of the whole system.

+1

flammon wrote on the 20 Jun 08 at 23:17
I would rather see a "run in background" button for either the whole queue or each file that would set the ionice priority to class 3 (idle). Which basically means

"A program running with idle io priority will only get disk time when no other program has asked for disk io for a defined grace period. The impact of idle io processes on normal system activity should be zero. This scheduling class does not take a priority argument."

See http://linux.die.net/man/1/ionice


Auzy wrote on the 21 Jun 08 at 00:29
I dont see how this could disadvantage anyone.. so +1

And I can see its uses

dualscreenman wrote on the 22 Jun 08 at 20:28
Dolphin/KDE in general can pause file transfers.

drinkypoo wrote on the 16 Jul 08 at 15:01
Pause and queue would both be really wonderful. I'd like to see the queue interface let you drag and drop to reorder (and I want a pony.) Start two copies between the same two volumes and... ouch.


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