Add support for pausing Syncthing instead of stopping it #6
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This avoids the performance hit from the initial folder scan on startup. When Syncthing is paused, all devices, discovery announcements, and relay connections are disabled, but folder watchers (inotify) remain enabled. This should help improve battery life when user has large folders and has a flapping network connection. This feature is enabled by default and can be turned off by the user if needed. The ability to shut down the service entirely will never be removed since importing and exporting the config depends on that functionality. Signed-off-by: Andrew Gunnerson <accounts+github@chiller3.com>
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Signed-off-by: Andrew Gunnerson <accounts+github@chiller3.com>
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This avoids the performance hit from the initial folder scan on startup. When Syncthing is paused, all devices, discovery announcements, and relay connections are disabled, but folder watchers (inotify) remain enabled. This should help improve battery life when user has large folders and has a flapping network connection.
This feature is enabled by default and can be turned off by the user if needed. The ability to shut down the service entirely will never be removed since importing and exporting the config depends on that functionality.