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 > > _______________________________________________ > mc mailing list > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > >
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