Fetch Softworks

Feature request - Exclude from mirror (34 posts)

• Started 3 years ago by tcdiver7
• Latest reply 3 months ago from Scott McGuire

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi Captkirk,

  I'm not trying to be mysterious. I have an idea for a work around that might help Doug, but it isn't in an official release of Fetch, in part because it's experimental and hasn't been tested. So I'm interested in Doug's help figuring out if this workaround is useful and stable enough to make more widely available. If you have a similar problem -- a download mirror operation that fails because you don't have permission to download all the files or folders on the server -- we could use your help as well. If you're interested, please send email using the link above.

  mdfOffman:

  We have a list of hundreds of desired improvements to Fetch, and deciding which to pursue next is a difficult challenge. I feel bad that this one has languished for so long, but it isn't because we don't think it's important. Rather, it's because there have been dozens of other improvements that have been easier to tackle, or more pressing, or that promised to deliver more benefits to more users. Deciding to work on problem A instead of problem B is a judgement call, and we do factor user requests into that judgement.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 3 months ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  If anyone else is experiencing problems using the Mirror command because they encounter permissions errors on certain files and folders when downloading, we are now testing an option to ignore permissions errors when mirroring (as Jim mentioned). Please contact us at bugs@fetchsoftworks.com if you'd like to try out the new option.

  We realize this is not the full-blown "ignore certain files and folders" feature that some of you have requested, but we believe it will help address some of the situations where the Fetch Mirror feature currently doesn't work very well.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 3 months ago #

• captkirk Member

  The 5.6 1d1 (5F71) is working great for me. Seems faster too. I would like to have a report of what was skipped and an option to turn it on and off, but otherwise it's working.

  Posted 3 months ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi captkirk,

  Glad to hear the experimental version is working well for you. We are planning to eventually provide a checkbox in the preferences for the "ignore permissions errors" feature, and skipped files will be noted in the Fetch Transcript; since it is a feature under development and testing, not all the polish has been added yet.

  Please send any additional feedback to us at bugs@fetchsoftworks.com .

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 3 months ago #