tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25

Support manual rescan/sync for magic-folder #2884

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opened 2017-06-22 05:38:43 +00:00 by cypher · 1 comment

cypher commented

2017-06-22 05:38:43 +00:00

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As it currently stands, after the initial startup scan/check, magic-folder will check for and download remote files according to the schedule specified by the poll_interval setting in tahoe.cfg. It may be useful, however, for users and applications to be able to check for remote changes on a "manual" basis in conjunction with or independently of the schedule specified by poll_interval. For example, if Alice and Bob belong to the same magic-folder and Alice informs Bob that she just uploaded a new file for him, Bob must wait some period of time (up to 60 seconds by default) or restart his tahoe client before the download proceeds (which may test Bob's patience). It may thus be useful for Bob (or any future magic-folder-based applications) to be able to make a some API call and/or run some subcommand (e.g., tahoe magic-folder rescan or tahoe magic-folder sync) to poll for remote changes immediately and download any new files that might be available.

As it currently stands, after the initial startup scan/check, magic-folder will check for and download remote files according to the schedule specified by the `poll_interval` setting in `tahoe.cfg`. It may be useful, however, for users and applications to be able to check for remote changes on a "manual" basis in conjunction with or independently of the schedule specified by `poll_interval`. For example, if Alice and Bob belong to the same magic-folder and Alice informs Bob that she just uploaded a new file for him, Bob must wait some period of time (up to 60 seconds by default) or restart his tahoe client before the download proceeds (which may test Bob's patience). It may thus be useful for Bob (or any future magic-folder-based applications) to be able to make a some API call and/or run some subcommand (e.g., `tahoe magic-folder rescan` or `tahoe magic-folder sync`) to poll for remote changes immediately and download any new files that might be available.