zhanghai / zhanghai/MaterialFiles
Maximum number of files in copy-paste function?
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- Kotlin
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Description
I have a parent directory on an Android device with many files (>30k files around 30Gb data total) which I have successfully copied and pasted to a FTPS location using MaterialFiles many times. That Android based parent directory is growing over time, and recently I have found that repeating the copy/paste operation hangs at “Preparing to copy” phase and never begins transfer.
My assumption is that the parent directory now contains too many files. It is possible to cancel the stalled "Prepairing" dialog. Copy/Paste of all the subdirectories (containing subsets of the total files) succeeds, hence the assumption of the limit.
Any ideas?
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Research direction
The issue names no source file, test, or entry point. Start by reproducing the stalled copy of a directory with more than 30,000 files to an FTPS location, then compare it with successful copies of smaller subdirectories. Done means identifying whether a file-count limit causes the hang and documenting or fixing the observed behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100