[ubuntu-za] Copying files

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 08 Mar 2012 10:42:39 SAST, frans wrote:
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> On 12/03/08 08:26, Bill Cairns wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM, frans<dormakorp at vodamail.co.za>  wrote:
>>> On 12/03/08 06:56, Tom Bamford wrote:
>>>> On 7 March 2012 20:07, Bill Cairns<cairnsww at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:cairnsww at gmail.com>>  wrote:
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>>>>     I often use something like:
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>>>>     cp -uR /home/bill/ebooks /media/Andrew/BupBill
>>>>
>> <cut>
>>>> Hi Bill
>>>>
>>>> I know you said you wanted a GUI method, however rsync will do what
>>>> you
>>>> want with the minimum of typing and fuss:
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>>>> rsync -av /home/bill/ebooks/ /media/Andrew/BupBill
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps you can save this, and other commands, into a shell script
>>>> on your
>>>> disk called Andrew so that you can invoke it with a double click in
>>>> Nautilus.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Tom
>> Thanks Tom, William and others,
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>> I am not scared of the CLI but it does increase the chances of errors
>> because of typing mistakes. The example I gave is a simple one, and I
>> would prefer a GUI simply to minimise the typing I have to do. I
>> already have my commonly used copy statements stored in scripts, but
>> there are often 'once off' requirements where it would be nice to have
>> a shortcut.
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>> I will study rsync and its GUI interfaces and give them a try.
>>
>> Bill
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> would still be nice to see it in the default copy handler though it
> could not be that much extra coding to do can it?
>
> One extra option and probably max ten lines of code extra to do the
> work? some should be able to do in less.
>

Hi Bill,

I have proposed changes to how Nautilus handles duplicate files last 
year, and you can find it here: 
https://live.gnome.org/Design/Proposals/FileDuplicates. Would something 
like this help you? Perhaps, with your permission of course, I can add 
your feature in to the design proposal?

All the best,

Bruce