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Bug 720367 - Nautilus overwrites existing files when merging folders
Nautilus overwrites existing files when merging folders
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-12-13 01:17 UTC by c2654361
Modified: 2016-09-07 07:58 UTC
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Description c2654361 2013-12-13 01:17:06 UTC
I am using Ubuntu 13.10 64bits.

When I drag and drop a folder from my primary internal hard drive to my second internal hard drive that contains a folder containing files with the same name than in the source folder, Nautilus prompts "Merge folder "folder1"?".

I check "Apply this action to all files" and click "Merge".

And now, Nautilus overwrites files with the same name in the destination folder instead of prompting me if I want to skip copying existing files.

I have the same problem when copying a folder to an external hard drive.

This problem doesn't occur in Ubuntu 12.10 that I was using a few days ago before upgrading to 13.10. It doesn't occur neither when merging folders on the same hard drive. It only happens when the source folder and the destination folder are on two different hard drives.

ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu2
Linux 3.11.0-12-generic
Comment 1 Carlos Soriano 2016-09-07 07:58:07 UTC
This does not happen in 3.20, closing as obsolete.
Please feel free to reopen if you can reproduce with 3.20.