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Idea #8889: Show more information when overwriting files

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #5354: Nautilus should offer "rename" when pasting.
Written by granadajose the 21 May 08 at 07:19. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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When moving a file from a folder to a another folder where already exists a file with the same name, the confirmation dialog that appears doesn't show any information about the old file (the file to be overwritten) and the new file.

It would be quite useful to get more information in this message: "The file X with size X and last modified date X is about to be overwritten with the file Y with size Y and last modified date Y".
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Written by granadajose the 21 May 08 at 07:19.
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csantiago wrote on the 21 May 08 at 13:24
Also it could go a bit far from the MS Windows solution and present a botton were after click is shown the differences of the files (for example like what diff does).

Eldmannen wrote on the 21 May 08 at 14:50
Great idea.

Show modification time is great. I have had many times I wanted copy file, and I didn't know which is newer...

DShepherd wrote on the 22 May 08 at 01:05
another good idea
+2!

andruk (Idea reviewer) wrote on the 22 May 08 at 06:53
Agreed with the diff, make it an "advanced options" thing, where its hidden by default until you click horizontal arrow.

Hiéroglyphe wrote on the 22 May 08 at 07:17
Good idea.

The confirmation dialog could also tell something like "the two files are identical" if its the case.

tamalet wrote on the 22 May 08 at 08:20
+1

When the files are images you should see them side by side.

unikuser wrote on the 22 May 08 at 14:15
For those who don't know, konqueror already does this(and many more). As a temp solution, you can install konqueror and use it in ubuntu(gnome).


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