Downloading from search

[KUN.NL]mepmuff · Post by **[KUN.NL]mepmuff** » 2003-03-23 09:42

This is not quite a request for a new feature, but an observation about the way dc++ works when downloading something from the search results.

I was looking for several things and found them both at the same user by using two searches. After selecting the first for download dc++ started with downloading his filelist, which makes sense. When i told dc++ to download the second, dc++ downloaded his filelist again, which is a bit of a waste of bandwith.

Maybe there is a way that dc++ can check if it already has the filelist, and if so see if it is the same, or take a chance if that filelist is downloaded recently?

i'm using dc++ v0.24

ivulfusbar · Post by **ivulfusbar** » 2003-03-23 12:23

i do not understand what you say actually, or atleast i can't make it happen in my client. Search, then click on "Download" and you will never download his filelist.

i-must-be-missing-something-here.-what-do-you-mean-with-this-post-ly'ers?

[KUN.NL]mepmuff · Post by **[KUN.NL]mepmuff** » 2003-03-23 12:33

mmmmm....

seems to me we're doing the same thing. let me be a bit more specific:
1. search for something
2. download (in my case it was a directory)
3. search for something else
4. download (again directory, from same user)

note that i didn't download his filelist beforehand (could it be you did that to try and reproduce?) i'll try reproducing it myself as well....

[KUN.NL]mepmuff · Post by **[KUN.NL]mepmuff** » 2003-03-23 12:42

ok...

dc++ downloads the filelist when a directory is selected for download. when it is a file the filelist isn't downloaded.

seems to me it has to do something with searching for the files contained in a directory. (don't have the source, but that would make sense to me)

Sedulus · Post by **Sedulus** » 2003-03-23 13:32

yep, sounds like a good idea,
note that the old list will have to be discarded if his/hers myinfo sharesize changes

ivulfusbar · Post by **ivulfusbar** » 2003-03-23 14:23

and what about moving files around? that would also break things. but how often? maybee almost never....

And yes, when searching for directory and then clicking download, then the dc-client doesn't know what files is in the directory, and it can only find this out by downloading the file-list. And iÃƒÂ¤m not sure if it saves it in the filelist-dir. but that can easily be checked...

[KUN.NL]mepmuff · Post by **[KUN.NL]mepmuff** » 2003-03-23 14:35

yep, it saves the filelist

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