Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

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Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

Hello.
I have setting "Maximal number of transfers at the same time" = 9 and expected, that when I transfer a directory (in background), 9 files from it will be transferred at the same time. But this is not the case: only 1 file is transferred ((
But if I manually split the files between 9 tasks – they all will work together.
What I do wrong? Why single background task is not distributed among 9 transfers?

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Re: Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

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Re: Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

Making some experiments, I've found the source of problem.
I've started several background tasks, one of them realized (!) multi-file transfer, others -- not :((. The difference was in Transfer Settings.
The one, that performs multi-file transfer, had default "New and updated files only" settings, the others have added "Preserve timestamps, Including directories" and have "Exclude directories" file mask set. As I just added the file mask, I think that the problem is in "Including directories" option.
Am I right?
By the way, why only 9 transfers available?

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Re: Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

Yes, multiple connections are not used, when preserving timestamps of directories is enabled:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_background#fn1

You can increase the limit beyond 9 with raw configuration option Interface\QueueTransferLimitMax:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/rawconfig#queuetransferlimitmax
But I do not recommend it for stability reasons.

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Yes, multiple connections are not used, when preserving timestamps of directories is enabled
Hmm... You have to print this with BIG letters, and add some message or/and checkbox hint for this option. I've spent a lot of time, trying to understand what's going wrong!

You can increase the limit beyond 9 with raw configuration option Interface\QueueTransferLimitMax. But I do not recommend it for stability reasons.
OK, thank you. Is there a way to speed up the directory listing?
I have a slow source with >500k files, and this takes a while (several hours). Of course, I can switch off the "Calculate total size" option, but in this case I will not know the transfer progress.
Multi-connection listing? Progress in amount of files, not MBytes?

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A directory listing cannot be read from the middle in general. Definitely not over SFTP. So multi-connection listing is not possible.

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Re: Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

martin wrote:

Yes, multiple connections are not used, when preserving timestamps of directories is enabled:
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I tried above configuration. But it does not work. The max connections is still 9. And the configuration in GUI Preferences shows 9 too.

I start WinSCP with
WinSCP.exe /rawconfig Interface\QueueTransferLimitMax=99
Any idea? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Multi-file background transfer doesn't work

My test is based on WinSCP 6.3.3 (Build 14916 2024-04-16). I believe it is latest version at this moment.
WinSCP.exe /rawconfig Interface\QueueTransferLimitMax=99
Is above command proper way to launch more multiple connections?

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