From d8d7c9df3039739a27f295dec5f64b67662e58c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Ehrenfeuchter <nikolaus.ehrenfeuchter@unibas.ch> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 12:19:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Explain transfer finalization, grace location. --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0d51ce6..683718c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -71,8 +71,12 @@ incomplete transfers as well as it serves as a kind of implicit notification: if a folder shows up in their location, the user will know it has been fully transferred. -- temp location -- finalize +Once the transfer is completed the folder is moved from the local *spooling* +directory to a "*grace*" location inside the spooling directory hierarchy. This +is done to prevent accidentially deleting user data. Currently no automatic +deletion of data is implemented. Instead, the service keeps track of the grace +location and will send notification emails to the admin once a given time +period has expired (defaulting to 30 days). ## Under the hood -- GitLab