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Bug 163865 - Overwrite confirmation dialog should contain timestamps,size and readable filename
Overwrite confirmation dialog should contain timestamps,size and readable fil...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 47893
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Cut Copy Paste Undo
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 303171 317588 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-01-12 21:44 UTC by Martijn Brouwer
Modified: 2005-09-30 10:35 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8



Description Martijn Brouwer 2005-01-12 21:44:13 UTC
Copy a file with a long path to a directory where a file with the same name
already exists. The dialog asks whether to overwrite /home/username...xxxxx.
There no way to judge whether this is save. The filename is not clear since the
distinctive part of a filename is the last part, but only the few last
characters are displayed. The first part /home/username hardly contains any
information, and is conflicting with the policy to hide the location of the home
dir. The desktop icon does not say /home/user name but username's Home.
Additionally, the dialog does not show the modification date and size of the
file, which is vital information in this situation.
Because a user can easily overwrite the wrong file, which can result in serious
data loss, I mark this as a "critical".
Comment 1 Olav Vitters 2005-05-06 11:00:20 UTC
*** Bug 303171 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Corey Burger 2005-05-06 21:44:29 UTC
This should proabbly be marked as a dup of 47893
Comment 3 Olav Vitters 2005-05-06 21:47:00 UTC
Thanks Corey.

Reporter: Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been
reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any
further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47893 ***
Comment 4 Seweryn Niemiec 2005-09-30 10:35:25 UTC
*** Bug 317588 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***