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| 2023-02-10 | 2025-01-28 | ||
| 6.0 Bug 195 Ongoing delete operation can be moved to background queue + replaced some "transfers" with "operations", but overal, still keeping focus on transfers, for simplicity (martin) | also deleting (martin) | ||
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| By default WinSCP performs files transfers and other operations on the foreground. This way it can use one connection to the server only all the time, however during the operation you cannot use WinSCP for any other task. Alternative way is to perform the operations on the background. | By default WinSCP performs files transfers and other operations on the foreground. This way it can use one connection to the server only all the time, however during the operation you cannot use WinSCP for any other task. Alternative way is to perform the operations on the background. | ||
| - | ===== [[transferring]] Transferring Files on Background ===== | + | ===== [[transferring]] Transferring or Deleting Files on Background ===== |
| To instruct WinSCP to perform the transfer on background, check //Transfer on background (add to transfer queue)// on [[ui_copy|transfer options dialog]] before the transfer. If you do not use the dialog or want to transfer file on background by default, check //[[ui_pref_background#background_transfers|Transfer on background by default]]// on //Background page// of Preferences dialog. Also, you can drop files onto [[ui_queue|background transfers queue list]] to transfer them on background. | To instruct WinSCP to perform the transfer on background, check //Transfer on background (add to transfer queue)// on [[ui_copy|transfer options dialog]] before the transfer. If you do not use the dialog or want to transfer file on background by default, check //[[ui_pref_background#background_transfers|Transfer on background by default]]// on //Background page// of Preferences dialog. Also, you can drop files onto [[ui_queue|background transfers queue list]] to transfer them on background. | ||