[Geek] Question

[azekeil]

Does anyone know of any software that will allow one to queue up additional files to copy? What I'm talking about is when one drags and drops files in Windows Explorer it copies them; if you drag and drop a second load of files it attempts to perform both copy operations at the same time. What would be perfect is if my initial copy window expanded to show a queue with the source and destination files to copy, much like an FTP client.

The only software I've found that comes close to this is Servant Salamander but it implements a whole slew of features I'm not interested in, and is an Explorer replacement, which I'm also not interested in. (I usually find I only want the queue functionality after I've started a copy...)

Comments

[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

I suppose if you realise before you could use a batch file

copy "source" "destination"
copy "source2" "destination2"

etc

not pretty, probably impractical, but does copy one at a time

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, impractical. I just want an interface improvement. I may have to do it myself.

[rik.livejournal.com]

chocojon uses something like that, but ican't remember its name. i don't think he checks lj often, so you should IM or call him to find out what it is.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

I'll see if I can prod him.

[chocojon.livejournal.com]

Not from Cheltenham, you can't. Unless you have arms as long as mine. Which you don't. < /ramble >
I use TotalCopy and pausing. Sorry but I've been looking for that on and off for quite a while too.

A kind of solution would be to put FTP file servers on everything and use CuteFTP or something similar. Also a PITA to set up...
You could use DC (Direct Connect) hubs and similar. Chat to me online about them if you want more info on them. It's a bit like BitTorrent but you can't delete stuff, AFAIK. Quite easy to setup though but still not "Add to a queue for copying" easiness.

Keep me posted if you do find anything though. Not that I might use it daily or anything like that ... ;)

[stuartl.livejournal.com]

This is something I too have been looking for. Can totalcopy do it?

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

No. Unless you count manually pressing pause on all subsequent transfers and unpausing the next when one finishes. It's actually what I currently do, but it's a PITA.

[stuartl.livejournal.com]

Bummer. Maybe there's a market for one of us to write one :)