Editing same filename, but in a different directory

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Editing same filename, but in a different directory

#1 Post by deebug » 2008-08-28 07:37

I don't get the workflow of editing a file.

Recreate situation:
Client: Filezilla 3.1.1.1 On Windows XP SP3
Logon to FTP (in this case it was the FTP server IIS6 @ Windows 2003 Server)
suppose you have paths
/path1/
/path2/

path1 and path2 contains a filename "page.html" but with different contents. Have read/write access to that file.

rightmouseclick > "View/Edit" on the file path1/page.html opens Notepad
After editing the file. Save changes in the temp file, close notepad
First Dialog
- Title "File has changed"
- Check "Finish editing and delete local file"
- Click on "Yes" button
Second Dialog:
- Title "The file already exists"
- Action radiobutton: Select "Overwrite"
- Click on "Ok" button
File being uploaded

Go to /path2/page.html
View/Edit that file, save local file, File Already exists pops up...
TWICE...
Both stating that the file "page.html" has been changed.
I check discard and press yes twice. (Which logically could seem a bad idea but for any user it's confusing at least)
Only one other dialog "The file already exists" for the file /path2/page.html
Checked "overwrite"
Clicked "ok"

When i go back to /path1/page.html ...
it's the same content as /path2/page.html

In my case they were default.aspx.vb files with quite a lot of complex code ad hoc programmed with little or not backup since it were only little adjustments. You can question my way of working sure, but the fact remains the /path1/page.html is replaced by the content of /path2/page.html.

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