External HDD sharing folder

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. The external HDD is connected.
2. I share a folder from this external HDD
3. Alliance scan completed
4. I disconnect the external HDD
5. I shutdown Alliance
6. I reconnect the external HDD
7. I restart Alliance
8. Alliance is re-hashing files from extarnal HDD sharing folder

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Alliance has to recreate hashes of the files in the external HDD, lots of
people share files from external HDD because they use laptop pc. When
alliance start , these files have to be re-hashed and it take a lot of time.

Is it possible for Alliance to determinate if the external HDD is pluged in
or not, and act on :
* If the external HDD is pluged in, Alliance scan the folder and add or
remove files (like an internal hdd)
* If the external HDD is disconnected while Alliance is open, Alliance scan
and it caused the disappearance of the shared folder for other contacts,
but not remove hashes.
* If we start Alliance when the external HDD is unplugged, Alliance detects
that the HDD is unplugged and do nothing, just he don't show the shared
folder to friends.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Alliance 1.1.0d build 1161, on Windows 7 32bits

Please provide any additional information below.

I hope I was clear in my explanations, good continuation to devs !

Original issue reported on code.google.com by totalffa...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2010 at 12:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by Bastv...@gmail.com on 22 Apr 2010 at 8:49

Changed state: Started
Added labels: Priority-High
Removed labels: Priority-Medium

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Well, it seems like this should be resolved in the same way as if a folder 
disappears 
temporarily, and then reappears. I could imagine this happening on a linux 
setup where 
a drive isn't mounted by default, but the user sometimes mounts the drive 
manually - if 
a folder set to hash disappears completely, the hashes already made should be 
backed 
up, and then used once again when the folder reappears. This should only apply 
when the 
whole folder disappears, not when a single file disappears within the folder, 
or a 
single subfolder.

Original comment by Erol...@gmail.com on 23 May 2010 at 8:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

It's done. You can select what shares are 'fixed'. Fixed = if there is no 
access then
probably disconnected (opposite to removed for non-fixed) so alliance doesn't 
remove
hashed files. When folder is connected no differences in behavior between
fixed/non-fixed (scan and add/remove if needed individual files).

Original comment by Bastv...@gmail.com on 24 May 2010 at 2:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I'm running 1.2.0pre build 1272 and I don't see the fixed option anywhere. I 
looked in the share menu and I tried right-clicking the shares I have enabled.

Original comment by cyberbod...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2010 at 3:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

ShareWindow -> right click on Share -> Set External

Original comment by Bastv...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2010 at 9:04

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

It's only in trunk build (1280).

Original comment by Bastv...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2010 at 12:11

Echo4190 / alliancep2pbeta

External HDD sharing folder #46