Feature Request: copy/move: overwrite More options

[Anselm]

Hi,

when i use
copy/move and i get the overwrite dialogue, i can choose more options:
1 compare
2 rename existing target file
3 auto rename copied
4 auto renamed target files

I would like to have 1 combined with 3+4
Means:
if the files are binary different do 3 or 4
if they are identical and it is copy mode: do nothing
if they are indentical and it is move mode: remove the file from source

so something like:
Auto-compare and if different auto-rename copied
Auto-compare and if different auto-rename target files

[miskox]

3 auto rename copied

Can this be renamed to

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3 auto rename source files

I always ask myself: copied as source files or copied as destination files? Changing that to 'source files' eliminates this confusion.

Saso

P.S. Just saw this - my post regarding similar suggestion has nothing to do with this.[/code]

[ghisler(Author)]

No, this would mean that the source files are renamed - but they remain unchanged! The copied files (the targets, not the sources) are renamed!

[miskox]

No, this would mean that the source files are renamed - but they remain unchanged! The copied files (the targets, not the sources) are renamed!

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auto rename copied
auto rename target files
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So you are saying that 'copied' and 'target' are the same?


I am never sure what 'copied'* means in the context so I use 'target' option because here I am sure target files will be renamed.

So then these two (copied, target) should be rephrased so there is no confusion at all.

Thanks.
Saso


* copied meaning?: 'source files that were copied' (so rename source files) or 'target files that were copied' (so rename target files).

[Hacker]

miskox,
Source files - files that should be copied to the target location.
Copied files - copies of source files that should be created at the target location.
Target files - files (with same name as source files) already existing at the target location.

Roman

[ghisler(Author)]

So you are saying that 'copied' and 'target' are the same?

No, they are not. Example:
Copy c:\source\test.txt to c:\target\test.txt. Both files already exist.

A) auto rename copied:
1. The file c:\target\test.txt stays the same.
2. c:\source\test.txt is copied to c:\target\test (1).txt

B) auto rename target files:
1. c:\target\test.txt is renamed to c:\target\test (1).txt
2. c:\source\test.txt is copied to c:\target\test.txt

As you can see, the results are NOT the same, although you have test.txt and test (1).txt in the target path in both cases. But their content is different.