Alex4SSB
commented
1 year ago Currently the app does not perform operations recursively, mainly because this takes much more time. I think that adding a choice would be better - each operation that involves multiple files (or a folder) should have options for the user to decide the method.
As a separate feature, I can add verification of operations (using MD5 for example).
Regardless, the file operations are the next mechanism for improvement (see #127)
This would be super useful. Basically, suppose I want to backup/pull the selected folders to my PC. The feature would then first check the full folder tree (check all files and file count to the last path of every subfolder), and only then start to pull files. This would also enable smarter pausing and resuming of backups. (since it would have a record of all filenames before it performed said backup)
I've run into issues where a particular folder is lagging/hanging the backup process, and I'm backing up multiple folders at the same time. One example is the
Androidfolder on an unrooted phone, instead of just copying the accessible/visible subfolders and files it seems to lag the app severely. If it however managed to first scan all filenames before attempting any backup, then it could be much smarter about it.