Comment 50 for bug 136702

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 29 Apr 2011, at 16:30, Marcus Uneson <email address hidden>
wrote:

> While knowing size and last modified are useful things to know,
> they are not necessarily enough to tell that two files are identical
> (in particular as sizes are usually only approximate).
>
> Better would be to have the system find out for me that
> the two files are identical by computing a checksum (md5 or similar)
> in the background and let me know the result: "Note: the files
> are identical", or "Note: the files are not identical".  This is
> very quick on all but the largest files (you may want to ask
> specifically for *.iso and similar).
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136702
>
> Title:
>  nautilus 'replace file' dialog box could give more information
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Fix Released
> Status in Nautilus:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: nautilus
>
>  (Wishlist)
>
>  When you try to copy a file into a folder and there is already a file
>  with the same name, nautilus just says that the file exists and asks
>  if you want to replace it.
>
>  It would be far more useful if it also displayed for each file:
>
>  * last modified
>  * file size
>
>  so that the user could make an informed decision as to which is the
>  newer file.