Bug 424523

Summary:	Synchronize directories progress info
Product:	[Applications] krusader	Reporter:	Mihai Sorin Dobrescu <msdobrescu>
Component:	synchronize	Assignee:	Krusader Bugs Distribution List <krusader-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	davide, krusader-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.7.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Mihai Sorin Dobrescu 2020-07-22 03:59:42 UTC

SUMMARY

A use case: I compare about 2TB of data on 5400RPM disks. After 24h it still compares. That's OK, but where am I?
I see from time to time a number of folders done - but that does not tell much, as folders are not a linear unit of measurement (as their content vary). Also the current compared file is shown replacing that information. This is also fine, at least it tells something is happening, but does not tell where it is, because seems to peek them randomly rather than sorted by name.

A progress information is needed, with data volume in multiple of bytes would tell something about the progress, if not possible to estimate the remaining time (which, IMHO, it should). I'd keep the number of files/folders processed, I think it is mandatory to have the current file progress too, but an overall progress estimation is truly needed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Gentoo Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Kernel Version: 5.6.0-sabayon
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Memory: 23,5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2

Comment 1 Davide Gianforte 2020-08-21 12:20:12 UTC

Synchronizer works doing all the operations in one round: starting from the left and right root folders, scans every subfolder doing the file checks at the same time. If you set to Compare by content or the connection/filesystem is slow, the operation would take hours to complete.

The only solution (that I can think now) is to scan the entire tree before doing the comparison, giving the user a progress percentage of folders or bytes checked.

Moving to wishlist as it's not a real bug, but it heavily impacts user experience.