[tc7b3] Percentage of deleting files > 100% (1643%)

[PiR]

I deleted a lot of files on another computer, connected trough a \\computer\share\dir and the count of percentage of file delete grown up to 1643%. After it has reached 1000% only the last 3 digits where shown (i.e. 008% for 1008%) meanwhile the progress bar stopped to grow when it reached 100%.

I have two screen captures one with 998% and the other one with 609% (as a matter of fact 1609%). If you want them, please let me know, as I don't know how to send them.

Pierre

[ghisler(Author)]

This can happen when the number of files changes between the moment when TC counts them, and the moment when they are deleted.

[nightspirit]

I understand it can happen when files change. I however had the same bug with no files changing!

Working on a local harddrive, my deletion got to 200% at the end.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, I cannot reproduce this problem here. How many files (approx) did you try to delete?

[nightspirit]

94444 files, 22094 folders

[Clo]

2nightspirit

Hello !

94444 files, 22094 folders

    :!:

—> ghisler(Author)

Good evening,

• Isn't it a limit about the number of items that Windows is able to handle properly as one go via a LAN,
at least to display right progress-bars ?

 KR - VG
Claude
Clo

[nightspirit]

I wasn't working on LAN, it was local

[ghisler(Author)]

94444 files

Ah, I see. I have just checked my code - I'm using 32-bit varibles for the number of files, so this should be no problem.

I have no idea why the percentage could become so large. Maybe some kind of recursive loop by following hard links or so...

[Lefteous]

Not fixed in RC 1. I just deleted ~117% of a selection. The selection contained 9460 files in various subdirectories.

[ghisler(Author)]

I have not changed anything in the delete function yet because I couldn't reproduce this error so far. I have just deleted 70'000 files for testing purposes, but the progress bar only went up to 100%.

Was there anything special about the deleted directories? Did they contain hidden files, or files on the ignore list?

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)

Did they contain hidden files, or files on the ignore list?

Yes there were hidden/ignored files.

[ghisler(Author)]

I see - that explains it. I will count these ignored files too!

[Hacker]

Christian,

I have just deleted 70'000 files for testing purposes

I hope nothing important.

Roman

[petermad]

I hope nothing important.

Maybe all the user requests fo TC

[ghisler(Author)]

If you wouldn't make so many suggestions which can be easily done with external tools or plugins, but limit them to really important things, then the chance would be higher that I could add them...