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Bug 121356 - copying folders removes old files
copying folders removes old files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 48085
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
unspecified
Other other
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-03 12:53 UTC by Daniel Schindler
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Daniel Schindler 2003-09-03 12:53:29 UTC 
Distribution: Unknown
Package: nautilus
Severity: normal
Version: GNOME2.3.7 unspecified
Gnome-Distributor: GNOME.Org
Synopsis: copying folders removes old files
Bugzilla-Product: nautilus
Bugzilla-Component: File and Folder Operations
Bugzilla-Version: unspecified
Description:
Description of Problem:

when you copy an folder over an other folder with the same name then the
old stuff is going to be removed. it should be merged with stuff from
the old folder..

Steps to reproduce the problem:

1. copy an folder with stuff in it over an folder with the same name. 
2. even if the files in the old folder had different filenames than in
the new one, all old files are gone.

Actual Results:

old files are beeing removed 

Expected Results:

like in windows :-) the files should be merged together?

How often does this happen?

always




------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2003-09-03 08:53 -------

Reassigning to the default owner of the component, nautilus-maint@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Comment 1 mwehner 2003-10-12 16:07:01 UTC 
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 48085 ***