GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 554395
nautilus says out of space on multiple files copy. but may actually want to skip/replace some files
Last modified: 2008-09-30 07:46:05 UTC
Please describe the problem: Example Disk has 100 mb of space left. current folder has file called A of size 200mb. Want to copy into that directory a file A of size 200mb and a file called B of 10mb. (so enough space for B and A to exist on the disk) Outcome: See error message: Error while copying to "folder" There is not enough space on the destination. Try to remove files to make space. Show more details There is 100 MB available, but 210 MB is required. Cancel Retry Expected Outcome See error message: Error while copying to "folder" There is not enough space on the destination. Try to remove files to make space or chose individual files to copy. Show more details There is 100 MB available, but 210 MB is required. Cancel | Ignore Then dialog should appear like when you copy multiple files if you are are not running out of disk space, ie replace/skip options Then you would have the option to skip or replace file A when that file is copied, and to put file B in. ANd with disk space to spare Obviously in this case i could have done it individually by inspection, but when there are multiple levels of folder all containing different files, and you want to copy a new folder over the top, skipping each of the files already there, it becomes very difficult. Or you would have to delete the folder on the destination and copy from scratch (which would be slow, and in some cases still not what you wanted, if you had different version of the files in both places) Basically when there is an error on copying multiple files because of disk space, it should go through them one by one. It should just try to copy (after clicking ignore) instead of blocking you with an error message that is unneeded I encountered this when copying a folder with 1700+ mp3 files at 58GBs I suspect this problem is common for music loves with mp3 players. Steps to reproduce: 1. get a drive with enough space to store 1 but not 2 copys of a folder. 2. copy to drive. 3. add a file to orignal folder that makes folder larger than free space on drive but smaller than drive total. 4. try and copy again. It won't let you. Actual results: You get a dialog saying not enough space. No Ignore option present. Expected results: It gives you a choice to Cancel the transfer or Ignore the warning. Then overwrite or skip duplicate files as it copies. Does this happen every time? yes Other information:
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