Feature Request: Configurable waiting time for drive ready when connecting an external drive

[Germar]

Hi

when the backup (cron) job starts, BIT waits 30 seconds to plug-in the corresponding external drive. Is there any way to customize this time? I would like to increase this to 2min.

Best Regards Christoph

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Imported from Launchpad using lp2gh.

• date created: 2010-02-24T10:08:40Z
• owner: csperle
• the launchpad url was https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526939

[Germar]

(by genghiskhan) I have attached a plugin by Mr. Raphael Groner (see contact information in the attached file).

This plugin for backintime tries to activate a mount point before a snapshot will be created, and it unmounts it afterwards automatically.

[emtiu]

The value is still not configurable, see: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/88d19d42e9128f60b8952a64ed1fff23bd28108f/common/snapshots.py#L668-L678)

[buhtz]

This reminds me on my fitness "app" that makes a 30 sec pause between each set. The 30 secs are counted down like a timer. But lazy people like me can push the "+20 secs" button as often they want, to increase the pause. ;)

So my proposal is not to create a usual config option in the settings dialog but modifying the "30 seconds waiting" message dialog. Maybe add one extra buttons +1 minute on it while the counter is running down.

Not a tiny thing but might be a nice Qt-exercise.

[buhtz]

I did some research in the codebase.

The current implementation is not a usual Qt messagebox but a notify message (possibly send via DBUS). It pops up as a notify/tooltip window in the systray. In code setTakeSnapshotMessage() is called which itself do use config.PLUGIN_MANAGER.messer() to send the message.

So there is no way to implement an extra button here. Might be easier to keep it how it is and really just add a new profile config option to customize the 30 seconds.