I am sorry, but I got tired of this thread. Who do I close the bug (I am
the originator)?
I am a happy cretin user of Windows (yes, nomnex, you give very bad
impression of Linux users, unlike people in Ubuntu forums), so I do some
cretin stuff like Silverlight 4 development, VLDB processing and
Daniel, a couple of ideas:
1. Do not allow to overwrite a folder with a file
In Unix it is not possible anyway...
dhcp1k250:~/Desktop Andrei$ mkdir test
dhcp1k250:~/Desktop Andrei$ cd
dhcp1k250:~ Andrei$ touch test
dhcp1k250:~ Andrei$ cp test Desktop/
cp: cannot overwrite directory Desktop/test
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
SUMMARY
If a file or a folder is selected in Nautilus and you accidently press
Delete button, they are moved to the Trash.
NO warning is issued (even though in Nautilus Preferences Ask before
emptying the Trash or deleting files is selected )
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
SUMMARY
If you copy a file with the same name (Photos, no extension) to a
folder which contains a folder (~) with the same name (Photos), the
folder Photos will be overwritten completely
This is how I lost all my photos (guys, DO backup!)
I admit - not well-written bug.
There is a warning. Unfortunately, the folder with rich contents WILL
get replaced by a file if you accept.
Behaves differently on Mac OS X and Windows.
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Folder is overwritten with a file with the same name
https://launchpad.net/bugs/95854
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