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Idea #5144: Nautilus : Provide more information on the overwrite warning dialog

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #5354: Nautilus should offer "rename" when pasting.
Written by wladston the 19 Mar 08 at 18:52. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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When the user tries to paste a file that already exist (overwrite), when displaying the warning message, show the date of last modification of the files involved and their size to help the user decide if he should overwrite or cancel.

Also give an option to paste the file with a different name, such as NameOfTheFile_2.ext

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Written by wladston the 19 Mar 08 at 18:52.
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rumli wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 20:19
I wholly agree.

In fact, it would be awesome if there was an extra button on the "File Exists... Replace?" dialog that said "Show Differences". Pressing the button should show differences in creation/modification dates and mime-types, whether or not the file contents are identical, and if the file contents differ, it should bring up a diff for text files and a side-by-side image view for image files.

If this intelligent diffing is too much work, then at the very least there should be an "Open Existing File" button that allows you to open the existing file with the default app to inspect its contents.

Eldmannen wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 22:22
I agree.

Often I don't know the difference between the files, and its hard to decide whether to overwrite or cancel.

aaaantoine wrote on the 15 May 08 at 03:34
I supported Idea #1398 and my very own Idea #1824. This gets my vote... Which probably counts for the third time, now.


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