[Bug 309379] New: Feature request: Dolphin/Konqueror drag-and-drop rsync ("Synchronise here")

[Haro de Grauw]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309379

            Bug ID: 309379
          Severity: wishlist
           Version: 4.8
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: Feature request: Dolphin/Konqueror drag-and-drop rsync
                    ("Synchronise here")
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: bin at harodegrauw.net
          Hardware: openSUSE RPMs
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kde

Take any scenario where rsync is useful: backups, updating remote / hosted
content, etc. KDE is capable of managing all sorts of connections in a
graphical environment, rather than console (or dedicated clients for each
protocol). There should, then, be a graphical alternative to the rsync command.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Select a folder from one [window / tab / panel], and drop it into another
panel. This can be a different directory, a USB drive, a remote machine on SMB
or FTP, whatever, thanks to KIO magic. The little menu appears with "Move
here", "Copy here", "Link here". There should be an option: "Synchronise here"!


Expected Results:  
I would expect this to work as either "rsync -a" or "rsync -a --del", which
together cover the majority of usage scenarios. If files are found in the
destination that are missing from source (which is when the --del option
becomes interesting), a confirmation dialogue should appear, "Delete files in
destination folder that are absent in content being dropped?" (similar to
overwrite dialogue on copying) -- the behaviour after "yes" corresponds to
"rsync -a --del", behaviour after "no" corresponds to "rsync -a".

While this will never cover the full versatility of rsync, I think this would
provide a very powerful tool for everyday file management -- synchronising
between hard discs, cloud, usb discs, backup devices.

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