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.

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 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
 
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