Why can't "Duplicate" be performed entirely on server?

[JD]

[spacific]

I know it's experimental but...

1. Couldn't it be available under the context pop-up menu, under Remote Shell Commands?
2. Or better, could we have a keyboard shortcut please?  Maybe cmd-D with another modifier key.
3. Could we have it working like ordinary Duplicate so that it copies "abc.txt" to "abc copy.txt" (and not to "abc.txt copy"!) ?

Ta 

[JD]

Well obviously this is proving to be quite popular, so I'll flesh it out some and bring it out of the 'experimental' realm asap

[JD]

I know it's experimental but...

1. Couldn't it be available under the context pop-up menu, under Remote Shell Commands?
2. Or better, could we have a keyboard shortcut please?  Maybe cmd-D with another modifier key.
3. Could we have it working like ordinary Duplicate so that it copies "abc.txt" to "abc copy.txt" (and not to "abc.txt copy"!) ?

Ta 

I've made improvements in this area for b12:

1. ctrl-alt-cmd - Backspace will now do a remote delete (cmd-Backspace makes a standard delete)
2. ctrl-alt-cmd - D will now do a remote duplicate (cmd-D makes a standard duplicate)
3. the Delete and Duplicate items are now in  the context menu
4. the duplicate name should be the same as when using normal duplication

[spacific]

This is superb!!   

Typical timings (I have upload capped at 128kbs):

• Duplicate a folder containing 10 images, total size 450 KB: standard 50 secs, remote 1 sec.
• Delete that same folder: standard 5 secs, remote 1 sec.

The differences will be larger for larger content obviously. This will really speed up my workflow.
Cheers,
J

[spacific]

Well, superb with perhaps one omission. The server duplicate does not preserve modification dates.  Isn't there a "-p" parameter you can add to the ssh command to preserve dates (and maybe user/group as well)?

[JD]

Ha! Good catch! Well, the intention was for attributes to be preserved... now it's corrected

[spacific]

Verified in the latest beta. Thanks.

[JD]

Thanks for the confirmation!