[BackupPC-users] Re: Moving a file forces a download?

[Daniel P. <da...@ri...>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Craig Barratt wrote:
> Daniel Pittman writes:
> 
>> Is there any chance that you could set the file handle for
>> NewFileList to auto-flush in the next release?
>> 
>> I occasionally want to see how progress is going with a backup, and
>> that would make it much easier...
> 
> NewFileList just shows files that aren't yet in the pool, so you could
> go a decent way through the backup without much appearing in
> NewFileList.

*nod*

> If you recognize the file names and have an idea of the file system
> layout you are backing up (which I expect you do), then NewFileList
> can give you an idea of how far along you are. But it's probably
> better to have an indication of the fraction of files done, eg:
> 
>     current file # / total # files
> 
> That's possible with rsync, but not with smb or tar.

Well, that would be good.

With the other methods, the size / number of files in the previous
backup could serve as something of a guide as to what to expect;  even
just displaying those figures and letting a human make the guess from
them.

> I can add this to the todo list.

Thanks.
        Daniel

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