No Space Left / Erase, then Copy

[oogje]

Hello.

I bought SuperDuper! six years ago and all the updates have been free, so I feel a bit greedy asking for anything more but...

I often run out of space on the destination volume because deletes are deferred until the copies are successfully complete. Clearly this is the safest policy but I wish I could override it sometimes.

If there were an SDpro, with a checkbox to "before you start copying/replacing, first delete the files that need to be deleted" I'd buy it in a heartbeat. If it were crazy clever it would just delete the files it needs to, in order to maintain enough free space for the next copy/replace as it moves along.

I know this has been discussed before but I thought now might be a good time to bring it up again.

Regards,

Brian

[dnanian]

Thanks for the suggestion. Definitely something I want to see, it's just a matter of getting it implemented and tested, which isn't always easy.

[larco]

I guess that explains why I get that message trying to exclude my Music/iTunes folder.
My source is 442 GB and target is 401 GB.

Music/iTunes is 275 GB
SuperDuper! copied the Music/iTunes folder first each time and failed with "No Space Left" error.

[dnanian]

Well, no - if you've excluded that folder, we're not going to copy it.

[larco]

Dave

I guess I did not read the User's Guide correctly.
I did not do something right?
04:43:55 AM | Info | Ignoring /Users/larco/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music
| 04:46:11 AM | Info | Unable to preallocate target file /Volumes/MBP11-SD/Users/larco/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/Tiger 12 1.0.8.ipa due to error: 28, No space left on device
| 04:46:11 AM | Info | Error copying /Users/larco/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/Tiger 12 1.0.8.ipa to /Volumes/MBP11-SD/Users/larco/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/Tiger 12 1.0.8.ipa of type 8 due to error 28
| 04:46:11 AM | Error | SDCopy: Error copying /Users/larco/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/Tiger 12 1.0.8.ipa to /Volumes/MBP11-SD/Users/larco/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/Tiger 12 1.0.8.ipa of type 8 due to error 28: No space left on device

[dnanian]

Yes, it looks like you didn't exclude the folder properly.

[Rebel]

My backup just failed due to low space on the destination drive.

PRE-COPY DELETION IS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION!
I was unaware SD wasn't erasing first.

SD is a veteran app, so it's been around plenty long enough for the dev's to have gotten off their butts and fixed this glaring omission.

Since the destination is the same size as the source, there's no reason it shouldn't have enough space - everything on the source must always fit on the destination.
Now that I've wasted a half hour posting this, I must waste more of my time doing SD's job and manually deleting files. If I have to do SD's job, I should get a discount.

And don't give me the lame excuse you posted SIX MONTHS AGO, because CCC has been doing this for years!

it's just a matter of getting it implemented and tested, which isn't always easy.

Are the developer's really that incompetent? If so, S-P better hire some new ones!