I guess selecting Background in copy or move dialog box and then using Stop
or Resume in Background Jobs (Ctrl-x j) might be a good workaround.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, wwp <subscr...@free.fr> wrote:

> Hello there,
>
>
> from time to time, I'm in the right middle of a long file operation in
> mc, and I want (need or would need) to pause the transfert. The usual
> reason is to give more priority to another resource-eating task.
>
> The only way I've found is to abort the file operation, and re-start it
> later. Sub-optimal and potentially difficult when the source selection
> was complex.
>
> Is there anybody here who thinks that being able to pause file
> operations (copy/move/del, unpack archives?) could be an interesting
> minor feature?
>
> Or is there a convenient way to perform it without having to freeze mc
> process?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> wwp
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