Comment 9 for bug 67691

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Volodya (volodya) wrote : Re: [Bug 67691] Re: Nautilus can leave half-copied files on the target onerror or cancel

On 11.11.2010 20:27, Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote:
> ** Description changed:
>
> - If a file move/copy fails half way through (eg due to volume full
> - error), Nautilus advises there was an error but does not try to delete
> - the half-copied file, leaving the impression to a user on the target
> - file system that the file was successfully copied.
> + If a file move/copy is stopped half way through (eg due to pressing
> + cancel or volume full error), Nautilus advises there was an error but
> + does not try to delete the half-copied file, leaving the impression to a
> + user on the target file system that the file was successfully copied.
> +
> + When you do the copy again and press "Skip all existing" this will lead
> + to data loss.
>

This actually is a different error report. The fact that existance of the file
with the same name but different content leads to the data loss is not
necessarily related to the fact that pressing cansel leaves half copied files.

                    - Volodya

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