13.0, Win7
File Content compare
Two Way sync
VerifyCopiedFiles enabled
1. Paused
2. Well after I Pause, but still I/O going on
3. After 'Stop', I/O went to nil
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Pausing a sync appears to not stop I/O ?
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Pausing a sync appears to not stop I/O ?
13.0, Win7
File Content compare
Two Way sync
VerifyCopiedFiles enabled
1. Paused
2. Well after I Pause, but still I/O going on
3. After 'Stop', I/O went to nil
.
13.0, Win7
File Content compare
Two Way sync
VerifyCopiedFiles enabled
1. Paused
2. Well after I Pause, but still I/O going on
3. After 'Stop', I/O went to nil
.
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- Joined: 8 May 2006
1. here I paused it (almost immediately).
2a. the 1st set of I/O (yellow & purple) shows that the actual I/O continued, & the sync actually finished (even though it was "Paused")
2b. as the sync finished, I/O dropped to 0
(we're still paused during this time)
Then I "un-paused" it.
2c. with that I/O again started (all yellow), & this is the VerifyCopiedFiles kicking in
3. sync had already finished (during the "Pause"), & then, once un-paused, VerifyCopiedFiles also finished.
(& all was done :-))
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2a. the 1st set of I/O (yellow & purple) shows that the actual I/O continued, & the sync actually finished (even though it was "Paused")
2b. as the sync finished, I/O dropped to 0
(we're still paused during this time)
Then I "un-paused" it.
2c. with that I/O again started (all yellow), & this is the VerifyCopiedFiles kicking in
3. sync had already finished (during the "Pause"), & then, once un-paused, VerifyCopiedFiles also finished.
(& all was done :-))
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Yeah, I think clicking pause will still finish the current file before actually stopping. It feels more like a 'pause request' and should maybe say "pausing" first
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Fully in line with zCSxXenon's reply:
if you pause an ongoing FFS sync, FFS will finish the sync of the file it was busy syncing before actually pausing. So, if FFS just started to sync a large file, it may take a while before FFS actually pauses.
if you pause an ongoing FFS sync, FFS will finish the sync of the file it was busy syncing before actually pausing. So, if FFS just started to sync a large file, it may take a while before FFS actually pauses.
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I hear what you're saying... but let me think about that for a bit... ?
So you're saying, once you've dropped the letter into the postbox, it is "sent" - unless you go dumpster (postbox) diving (hitting Stop).
So you can't actually "Pause" (let's call it a large file). So you can't say, "oh, I've transferred 1001 bytes of this four million byte file" - Pause - & with that I/O also [actually] pauses, & when you say, Resume, it says, "ah, I now start at byte 1002"?
Well, you (other software) certainly can "Pause" *and* have I/O - paused, & resume (at byte 1002) & complete successfully (all that had had been Paused).
So... why does FFS not do that?
Because... ? ... potentially if you're uploading to the "cloud", particular protocols... ?
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pause, resume, pause, resume, pause, resume ... & during Pause, no I/O.
So you're saying, once you've dropped the letter into the postbox, it is "sent" - unless you go dumpster (postbox) diving (hitting Stop).
So you can't actually "Pause" (let's call it a large file). So you can't say, "oh, I've transferred 1001 bytes of this four million byte file" - Pause - & with that I/O also [actually] pauses, & when you say, Resume, it says, "ah, I now start at byte 1002"?
Well, you (other software) certainly can "Pause" *and* have I/O - paused, & resume (at byte 1002) & complete successfully (all that had had been Paused).
So... why does FFS not do that?
Because... ? ... potentially if you're uploading to the "cloud", particular protocols... ?
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pause, resume, pause, resume, pause, resume ... & during Pause, no I/O.
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> So... why does FFS not do that?
I am just describing my own experience.
I can't tell you why; you would need to ask Zenju.
I am just describing my own experience.
I can't tell you why; you would need to ask Zenju.
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Same sort of condition that brought it to light, for me.no way to use the VPN temporarily for other tasks as the link is fully saturated
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I've just come across this as well. I happened to be doing my monthly backup to external USB hard drive and forgot it was running. Later, I was doing some iperf tests of my Wi-Fi and wondered why so much data was going through the router. I've got a Mikrotik router which allows you to see lots of statistics. I then remembered the backup so paused it through a large single file but it carried on.
So I can accept that it's a "request to pause" but surely if it's carrying on copying, then the display should still be updated? It doesn't - percent complete, processed, remaining, timer all stop updating.
So I can accept that it's a "request to pause" but surely if it's carrying on copying, then the display should still be updated? It doesn't - percent complete, processed, remaining, timer all stop updating.
PS. I used to use imgur for picture links but that's now blocked in UK. And OneDrive shared links don't seem to work inline.
