積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> writes: Hi Dan,
> When we attempt to copy a file, but the target exists already, we still see > Fetching.... > Overwrite...? > > Wouldn't it be better to (do the check and) ask the question before fetching? > That way big files wouldn't be hauled over the cables, only to end up > not being needed, because the user has changed his mind. > > [C runs the command dired-do-copy (found in dired-mode-map)] That isn't Tramp, but dired. Tramp implements `copy-file'. It always checks first, whether the target file exists. Best regards, Michael.
