Question: disable cache in FTP

[tjalling]

Hello,
I have a question about the usage of the FTP function in TC. I work together with someone else on a local FTP-server where we constantly upload and change files. It is important for us that we see the changes the other person did in the directories we're working in.

I know that TC creates a cache for all the dirs you've watched in the same session and that you can refresh that cache by using Ctrl+R. However, we don't always think of this, so we sometimes end up losing some work we've done due to overwriting files.

Is there a way we can disable this cache so that every time we switch dirs we would have a real-time view of the contents of that dir? We would gladly take the loss of performance for granted.

Thank you in advance.

[ghisler(Author)]

No, unfortunately there is no way to disable the cache yet. It's planned for one of the next versions, though. I guess that it's not sufficient to disable it for all connections, right?

[tjalling]

Thanks for the reply.

It would be sufficient for us to disable it for all connections. We usually do not use more than 2 or 3 connections at a time.

If we would like to use the cache again, we wouldn't mind having to turn it on again for all connections.

[jozsi]

Disable caching from options would be VERY useful. When other programs (for example a text editor) change the FTP content, the only way to clear the cache is disconnetc/connect again.
Unfortunately Ctrl-R re-reads the current dir only. At least would be enough to clear the whole cache with Ctrl-R.

[ghisler(Author)]

Well, currently you could just delete the ftp*.tmp files from the TEMP directory to clear the cache. But an option would of course be better.

[Dalai]

There's already an option, isn't there? Ctrl+F > Edit > Advanced tab > Remember contents of all visited directories (in cache). Or did I miss something?

Regards
Dalai