2 progress bars in FTP upload

[fabiochelly]

I would like to enter this wish also in the new forum : is it possible to have the "total" progress bar for FTP upload ?

[ghisler(Author)]

Currently it isn't done for consistency with FTP downloads, where the total size info isn't always available (e.g. when downloading subdirs or from list).

[fabiochelly]

I meant only for upload not download.

[Hacker]

And Christian meant (he said it some time ago) that if he implements that then people will start asking why it's not working for downloads.

HTH
Roman

[fabiochelly]

Then he just have to answer that remote total size info isn't available

[Innuendo]

Every other FTP program I have used is able to have a "total progress" bar when uploading/downloading directories so it must be possible to do one way or another.

Look at AceFTP Pro, for example. When transferring many subdirectories one can minimize the app to the system tray and the tray icon is a percentage progress count on the total file transfer, not just the current transferring file.

I would *love* if Total Commander would work that way, too.

[fabiochelly]

Yes but it can be very slow to get the total size: if you want to download folders, the recursive search of all files sizes can be very slow.

But there is no reason to hide total bar while uploading. I really need it when I have to upload an entire website.

[sqa_wizard]

... able to have a "total progress" bar when uploading/downloading directories

Is the progressbar related to the total file sizes or only to the number of files ?

There is a difference if i download 99 files with 1 KB and a last file with 100 MB it will show 99 % after a few seconds ...

[Hacker]

Is the progressbar related to the total file sizes or only to the number of files ?

Total size (as far as I understand what you're asking).

HTH
Roman

[Innuendo]

Definitely total size...AceFTP Pro "clicks" off in bytes & correlates that to percentages.

Speed is NOT a factor as I have transfered hundreds of files equaling tens of megabytes and there is no slowdown at all in figuring everything up. There has to be a trick.

[Hacker]

1. Was that uploading or downloading?
2. How fast can you change a dir on that remote FTP server? Ie how long does it take between pressing Enter on a dir and showing all its contents?

TIA
Roman

[Innuendo]

Hacker,

Very fast...I use the FTP Server function built into RemotelyAnywhere for my home FTP server. Before that I used G6 FTP (now Bulletproof FTP Server) and before that something else.

I've used CuteFTP, LeapFTP, FileZilla, AceFTP Pro, TurboFTP, Bulletproof FTP, WS-FTP, and the FTP functions of Enriva's Magellan, GPSoft's Directory Opus, and a few others. They all have the feature we've been requesting with no "slow-downs" at all. Try them for yourself and see.

[Hacker]

IMO it depends on the connection. If there is a slow connection then traversing the dirs would be pretty slow, too.

Or is there some command to show the size of all files in a dir and its subdirs...?

TIA
Roman

[Innuendo]

Hacker/Roman,

I don't know how it all works...I'm lame like that.

All I know is it works in other programs and it should be an option in Total Commander, too. That way users can choose if they "need" that feature or not.

I know this isn't a big deal...but TotalCommander is so perfect as it is I've run out of big suggestions to make. Just a few little tweaks here and there and Christian will have the ultimate file manager.

[Hacker]

The only thing I am saying is that IMO it would be very slow in most cases and fast in only a few cases. Period. End of my opinion. I am always happy when something new is implemented.

Roman