Automatically update / check "Available free disk size" each 30 seconds?

[Biff]

Is there a way to make Everything automatically update / check (and update if changed) the "Available free disk size" value / column every half a minute or so? Or update it every time after a special time, e.g. half a minute, the drive has been idle (the free disk space didn't change)?

[void]

Everything should update Available free disk size for root folders in real-time.

Where are you seeing Available free disk size?
How are you making changes to the drive?

[Biff]

Everything should update Available free disk size for root folders in real-time.

Yes, it sometimes or often updates it (in different instances differently obviously, so it updates one and not the other(s)) in a session but often or mostly it just does not (anymore), so it then in the same session obviously stops updating after some (may be for some time) time. The value under the column "Size" is really updated all the time / real-time. When transferring data to the drive or from the drive one can watch the value changing continually (when transferring).

Where are you seeing Available free disk size?

The "property" "Available free disk size" is shown under the column "Available free disk size" here.

How are you making changes to the drive?

Sorry, what changes? You mean adding / removing data? I just transfer data (files / folders) by just copying / moving / synchronizing from one drive to another one or back.

[void]

If you search for:

root:

are the values for "Available free disk size" incorrect?

[Biff]

The ones of the online drives are correct. The other ones should be because I press CTRL+F5 before unplugging a drive (if I don't forget). So the (wrong) values are updated and therefore be correct.

[Biff]

So I assume there is no way to automatically (instead of manually pressing CTRL+F5 after entering root: and selecting the index) get "Available Free Disk Size" updated always / before plugging off a drive?

[void]

Everything should update Available free disk size for root folders in real-time.



I would need to see debug logs to work out why this is not working for you.

Could you please restart Everything in debug logging mode:

• Type in the following search:
  /restart-debug-log
• Press ENTER in the Everything search box.
  ---Everything will restart in debug logging mode---
• Make some changes to your drive.
• Wait until the Available free disk size shown in Everything is incorrect.
• From the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Stop debug logging.
  ---This will open your Everything Debug Log.txt in Notepad.
• Please send this file to support@voidtools.com

[Biff]

OK, done it all.

[void]

Thank you for the debug logs.

The logs show Everything updating the available free size every few minutes.

I'll look into creating a timer and always updating the available free size every minute.

Currently, the available free size only updates after performing a file operation through the shell.
File operations performed outside the shell (for example: from a command prompt) will not send notifications that the available free size needs updating.

[Biff]

I'll look into creating a timer and always updating the available free size every minute.

Thank you very much!

Currently, the available free size only updates after performing a file operation through the shell.

OK, but I don't know what that means.

File operations performed outside the shell (for example: from a command prompt) will not send notifications that the available free size needs updating.

I do not use that command prompt (knowingly). But may be programs I use do? Or operate outside that shell? But the program(s) I used for testing the last time, when doing the log do not seem to cause that, Everything updates the free disk. I just tried again. And other values, like "Size", obviously ALWAYS are updated.

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1351a will now trial updating volume information for root folders every second when:

• You index a volume property.
• A volume column is visible.
• You search for volume information.
• You sort by volume information.

[Biff]

Thank you very much!

So an Everything window showing a volume column generally / always should be open to get with greater probability the value updated. Without generally an open window and plugging off a drive that value of the drive might not be updated otherwise, I assume.

What columns are volume columns? Free disk size, used disk size, size, total disk size, etc.?

[void]

Alignment Requirement
Available Free Disk Size
Byte Offset For Partition Alignment
Byte Offset For Sector Alignment
Cluster Size
Drive Type
Effective Physical Bytes Per Sector For Atomicity
File Storage Info Flags
File System
File System Flags
Free Disk Size
Incur Seek Penalty
Logical Bytes Per Sector
Maximum Component Length
Physical Bytes Per Sector For Atomicity
Physical Bytes Per Sector For Performance
Remote Protocol
Remote Protocol Flags
Remote Protocol Version
Sector Size
Total Disk Size
Used Disk Size
Volume Label
Volume Name
Volume Path
Volume Serial Number

Anything listed under Right click the result list column header -> Add Columns -> Click Volume on the left.

[Biff]

OK, thank you, so "Size" does not belong to them? The size column is always shown in my Everyhing, I assume. But the others are not.

[void]

Size is updated in real-time.

[Biff]

Thank you!

[Biff]

It appears the update does not work during indexing?

[void]

Correct.

The update requests get added to the end of this queue.

You will need to wait for property indexing to complete to see live updates.

[Biff]

OK, so no reason to worry then, thank you.