Re: [cpx] File upload makes _new files

[Rus Berrett <rberrett@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 10:59:03AM -0500, Bill Meier wrote:
>
> Subject: [cpx] File upload makes _new files
>
> This really tripped me up... When you upload the name of an existing file, 
> it makes a filename_new instead of replacing it.
> 
> I did not see an option to say "overwrite the existing file". This really 
> confused me, as I couldn't see the changes that I uploaded, and it took 
> until the next day when I looked at it again to see the _new files. I was 
> fighting a fire, and was blinded that the CPX file upload was renaming the 
> files...
> 
> (I was using CPX because for some reason my FTP program wasn't working...)
> 
> Any way to change this behavior?
> 
> Bill

Bill,

I added a checkbox "Overwrite existing files (should they exist)" to the
upload form which allows you to circumvent this behavior.  This will be
included in the pending release.  Stay tuned for news about when said 
release will hit the street.

cheers.

--rus.


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Rus Berrett                                                    NTT/Verio
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