GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 616880
Merge should skip identical files only
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:13:52 UTC
this report has been filed here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/569353 "I usually use "merge all", then "skip all" to update/backup/resyncronize a copy of a folder. However, if for example a previous copy was interrupted, a partially done file is left. After doing merge with skip, this file don't gets overwritten, so the two directories stay out of sync. So the only way to do a secure backup is to "replace all", or even better then delete & recopy the folder to remove source deleted files also. This either means copy all files again. I think a "skip all unchanged files" mode, or even "synchronize" mode (that deletes destination files) would be very useful."
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