Gnome 3 Copy Progress Bar

Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl
Fri Jul 20 12:52:55 UTC 2012


On 20.07.2012 11:28, Ian Malone wrote:
> On 20 July 2012 08:45, Shibi <zzgraph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> File has been transferred to the disc caching, but the cache hasn't
>>> transferred to the media?
>>>
>> the copy dialog is destroyed as soon as transfer to cache is being
>> completed, but file transfer from cache to media is still going on while
>> there is no indication of it on screen.
>>
> This might be something that needs improved, if you don't notice or
> your device doesn't have a transfer light (some USB sticks might not
> and on other devices it's less obvious) then you could end up taking
> it out while data is still writing. It's not uncommon to find yourself
> copying files while in a hurry.
>

This is why USB sticks should be unmounted first (safely removed). It's
a bad habit to just unplug your stick.

This dangerous situation might be avoided by disabling cache for all USB
sticks but I have no idea how to set this up.


Mateusz Marzantowicz


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