Auto increment file name if same name exists

[azzamsa]

Hi.

The default behavior of regular file manager (Thunar, Dolphin, etc) is to increment file name if the same name exists.

Case:

linode.png
linode (copy 1).png

If I copy linode.png in the same directory, then the resulting copy will have a trailing (copy 1).

I would like to add this functionality to dired-ranger-paste. But now I am thinking:

• if this should be the default
• can it use the arg for toggle
• or should it take a value from the configuration variable

What your thoughts on this?

If you reject this idea. I would like to implement this on my side only.

[Fuco1]

I think this is a nice feature.

By default we now ask if you want to overwrite the file. We can instead change this to a multi-option menu, where we can ask:

• do nothing
• overwrite
• insert a (copy 1)

Additionally, we can add a setting where you can set the default answer to this question. (i.e. overwrite without asking or add the copy X). map-y-or-n-p can be used to ask a question with multiple actions bound to keys.

[azzamsa]

By default we now ask if you want to overwrite the file. We can instead change this to a multi-option menu, where we can ask:

* do nothing

* overwrite

* insert a (copy 1)

affirmative :+1:

[azzamsa]

I use Dired-Ranger nowadays and it has auto-increment out of the box.

Thanks for Dired-hacks.