How to overwrite a file via copying or moving?

wolfgangbeyer · February 11, 2022, 8:26pm

Hi,

obviously trying to copy a file inside nextcloud from a folder to an other folder leads to “Could not copy , target exists”, if there exists a file with the same name. Is there any possibility to offer the option to overwrite files in this situation?

Best regards, Wolfgang

tflidd · February 14, 2022, 10:34am

There is a bug report already:

github.com/nextcloud/server

Copy file fails if filename already exists in the target folder

opened 09:12AM - 23 Dec 21 UTC

schiessle

bug 0. Needs triage feature: files

Tested with c.nc.com version 23.0.0.10 Have a two folders with the same file:… * /A/B/test.txt * /A/C/test.txt Try to copy /A/B/test.txt to /A/C from the web interface ("move or copy" operation in the "..."-menu) ### Result Error message is show: Could not copy "test.txt", target exists ### Expected Show the conflict dialog and allow the user to chose which version they want to keep, same as we show during upload of files with the same filename.