Time Controlled Copying

Available in both Explore Views and Virtual Folders

What is Time-Controlled Copying (TCC)?

Time-Controlled Copying allows you to:

•	Insert pauses between one file being copied and another

•	Specify a minimum time that FileBoss spends copying a file. If a file takes a shorter time to copy than the minimum time specified FileBoss will insert a pause afterward to make up the difference.

•	Insert pauses between batches of files, e.g. pause for ten minutes after every 50,000 files have been copied.

Better resource management

Time-Controlled Copying is most often used when copying a large number of files to regulate computer and network resources.

Prevent system crashes

TCC is also a must on fast, modern computers when copying hundreds of thousands of files which sometimes will crash Windows. On really fast machines where small files can be copied up to 50,000 a second or more copying more than 500,000 thousand file will often cause system failure: sometimes windows will crash, sometimes just the application performing the copy (even Windows Explorer) will crash and sometimes everything will just slow down to a crawl.

These problems can be prevented by either pausing after each file or by processing the files in batches with pauses in between.

The dialog below shows the options you can specify. (For a detailed explanation of these settings see Time Controlled Copying Options)

Quick Start: Time Controlled Copying (TCC)

First select the files you want to Copy

(Click here to find out more about FileBoss's advanced selection methods.)

Open TCC Dialog

•	Select Actions \| More Copy Actions \| Time Controlled Copying from the main menu

•	Fill in how you want the time delays

•	Click the OK to Copy

Simple and Advanced Command Modes

If you want to quickly copy a bunch of files without worrying about any advanced settings just close up (or leave closed-up) the dialog by pressing the Simple button (if the dialog is already closed up the button will read Advanced). Like all other expanding dialogs in FileBoss this copy move dialog reverts to default options when it is close up. So you don't have to worry about some option being set that you can't even see.

Sample Options and Settings

The advanced area of this dialog has the same options and settings as the normal and Advanced areas or the normal Copy Dialog. For a detailed explanation of these options see the Copy Dialog.

Ref: HTDE_TIME_CONTROLLED_COPYING

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