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Queue delete operation

Posted: 2015-03-16, 17:25 UTC
by mattiascc
Hi,
it would be nice to be able to queue a delete operation, in the same way as it is already possible with copy and move.

This is because I often prefer to use a copy + delete sequence rather than a direct move.

Thanks

Posted: 2015-04-09, 20:34 UTC
by Nepcior
AFAIK it was already requested years ago, but rejected due to error prevention

Posted: 2015-04-13, 15:29 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
Indeed the danger is that you add the same file to the queue for copying and deleting. A lot can go wrong:
1. You skip the file because the target disk is full. It would still be deleted by the delete entry further down
2. You sort the entries so (by mistake) the delete item comes before the copy item
3. At one time, you select "Skip all", so the file gets skipped when copying, but will still be deleted

Posted: 2015-04-14, 11:17 UTC
by Stedronsky
Yes, it si dangerous... but deleting itself is dangerous and deleting without Recycle Bin is dangerous. I think there are users willing to take the risk. For example me - relatively often I do operations with hundreds gigabytes of data longing hours. And very often I do deleting "session" from different places on the same drive and I miss deletion in queue badly.

There are possibilities how to avoid potential problems:
1) disable queuing of delete operation by default (user must allow it in configuration)
2) stop queue processing if something bad in previous steps happen (with different levels what is considered as "bad")

P.S. Also packing and upacking in queue would be highly welcomed.