Network file system plugin caching questions

[akopalsky]

I am working on Google Drive plugin (alpha release will be ready very soon) and I have few caching related questions (these questions should probably be addressed by every network file system plugin).

(Q1)
FsFindFirst - FsFindNext are called each time user changes directory. It is very ineffective (and slow) to reload the whole directory each time. I am currently caching directories the user already visited, but I do want to reload the directory if user tries to refresh (Ctrl-R). What is the correct way to detect if I need to load the listing from cache or refresh the cache?

(Q2)
I am willing to implement upload caching mechanism (e.g. uploaded files will be stored locally and uploaded in background) - the user will not see the actual upload process. What are the best practices for implementing jobs which might not finish during regular TC plugin load scope?

Thanks

[ghisler(Author)]

Unfortunately there is currently no mechanism to handle this. Maybe just add a pseudo file "<Reload>", as I do in Network Neighborhood? Make sure to skip such files and just return OK when the user tries to download or delete them.