When writing a file to disk, its long name (primary name) or short name
may collide with an already existing file or directory. This may happen
for all commands which create new directory entries, such as
mcopy
, mmd
, mren
, mmove
,
mwrite
and mread
. When a name clash happens, mtools
asks you what it should do. It offers several choices:
overwrite
rename
autorename
skip
To chose one of these actions, type its first letter at the prompt. If you use a lower case letter, the action only applies for this file only, if you use an upper case letter, the action applies to all files, and you won't be prompted again.
You may also chose actions (for all files) on the command line, when invoking mtools:
-o
-O
-r
-R
-a
-A
-s
-S
-m
-M
By default, the user is prompted if the primary name clashes, and the secondary name is autorenamed.
If a name clash occurs in a Unix directory, mtools only asks whether to overwrite the file, or to skip it.
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