How about if the already started files start first?:)

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How about if the already started files start first?:)

Post by gLes » 2003-11-01 09:49

Hi!

The situation is the following:
I'm downloading for example an album, that contains several files. For example I'm downloading Track1.mp3. Then I disconnect for some reason, so the download stops, then I go back, and DC++ starts downloading Track2.mp3 instead of continuing Track1.mp3. This is not really good because I like my harddisk the most non-fragmented as it can be, and anyhow, it's more logical to finish what we've already started than start the next one and download the first as last. So...see the problem? :)

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Post by GargoyleMT » 2003-11-01 10:17

:) This has been discussed before on the boards. Usually, people cite wanting complete files faster, not fragmentation, as a reason.

Here's an entry in the official feature request tracker:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_i ... aid=695121

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Post by gLes » 2003-11-01 10:51

GargoyleMT wrote::) This has been discussed before on the boards. Usually, people cite wanting complete files faster, not fragmentation, as a reason.
True. But then how about an option for this in the Advanced options? :)))

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Post by GargoyleMT » 2003-11-01 11:05

gLes wrote:True. But then how about an option for this in the Advanced options? :)))
Well, if it gets coded, it may be an option. Or may be a non-customizable behavior. It's all up to whoever writes the code (eventually).

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Post by gLes » 2003-11-01 11:40

GargoyleMT wrote:Well, if it gets coded, it may be an option. Or may be a non-customizable behavior. It's all up to whoever writes the code (eventually).
Again true. Then anybody wants to write the code?:)

I myself unfortunately don't know the first thing about C (only Pascal:)), but I'd do it myself if I could, really :))) The algorythm practically has already been written on the boards, I think :)

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Post by joakim_tosteberg » 2003-11-01 12:50

gLes wrote: I myself unfortunately don't know the first thing about C (only Pascal:)),
DC++ is writen in C++, not C.

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Post by spamfritter » 2003-11-04 13:47

joakim_tosteberg wrote:DC++ is writen in C++, not C.
Clues in the name :wink:

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Post by GargoyleMT » 2003-11-04 20:35

spamfritter wrote:Clues in the name :wink:
One might think so. BitTorrent++, however, is in Python.

Talk about confused.

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