Background transfer manager
Opens a separate window, which allows to copy, move, or download files in the background.
To add jobs to the background transfer manager, select the files you want to copy, move or download, and click the "+" button or press the "+" key on the numeric keypad. This will open a context menu to add a new action.
Here is a description of the dialog box elements:
<Progress bar> Shows the progress of the currently transferred file (not the overall progress)
<Listbox> Shows the queued items to be processed, including the currently processed item at the top. Items can be sorted by drag&drop while the current operation is paused.
+ Button to add new transfer jobs to the manager
- Button to remove the selected jobs from the manager. The currently active job cannot be removed
Pause Pauses the current operation, e.g. when the internet connection is needed for other tasks
Speed limit Allows to limit the transfer speed of uploads and downloads, and now also of copy operations. Useful if you want to use the Internet or LAN for other tasks during the transfer.
The menu of the + button can contain the following commands:
Add URL to download
Here you can paste an URL in the form http://www.server.com/file.zip . You can copy such an URL e.g. by right clicking on a link in your browser, and choosing "Copy link".
Add selected items for downloading
You will get this menu item if you are connected to an FTP server and have selected some files. It allows to download the selected files in the background. The same can be achieved by checking "Download in background (separate thread)" in the download dialog. However, a separate transfer manager will be opened then, and it will close automatically when the download is finished.
Add selected items for copying
Allows to copy (disk->disk) the selected files in the background
Add selected items for moving
Allows to move (disk->disk) the selected files in the background
Edit list file If you have used the command "FTP download from list", the background transfer manager reads the list of files to be transferred from a list file. With this command, you can add further operations to the list file. If you add them to the end of the file, the background transfer manager will add them automatically to the queue.
The - button has two purposes:
1. When the first item in the list is selected, Total Commander will offer to abort the current transfer and continue with the next.
2. When other items are selected, they will be removed from the download list.