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#1 2010-12-08 00:12:28

Gullible Jones
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Make XFE merge directory contents... [SOLVED]

By default, when you copy one directory onto another with the same name and different contents, XFE just deletes the first directory and replaces it with a copy of the second. It looks like the only way to merge the contents is to copy and paste the files contained. Is there a way to change this, or am I stuck?

Edit: Well it turns out that pcmanfm2 is actually able to handle static mount points, so XFE has also been replaced. Huge kudos to PCMan for adding this functionality!

Edit again: Unfortunately pcmanfm2 is *buggy*, so I'll wait on a solution for XFE...

Last edited by Gullible Jones (2011-01-10 23:47:05)

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#2 2010-12-21 04:43:06

Gullible Jones
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Re: Make XFE merge directory contents... [SOLVED]

Okay, FWIW this issue is not present in XFE 1.32.1 on Debian, that version merges directories automatically... so I'm guessing it may be a regression in 1.32.2.

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#3 2011-01-10 23:48:23

Gullible Jones
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Re: Make XFE merge directory contents... [SOLVED]

And apparently I was having a series of slow days; the answer is to click "Yes to all" when queried about overwriting, instead of just "Yes". I should have realized that "Yes to all" implied recursion.

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