Re: Prevent overwriting files on FTP (need a Linux program)

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From	Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>
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Subject	Re: Prevent overwriting files on FTP (need a Linux program)
Date	Tue, 8 Apr 2014 19:56:32 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-04-08, Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> wrote:
> I use Debian Linux.
>
> I edit files on an FTP server. I need to be warned when somebody else have 
> written a file in order me not to overwrite it.

Then what do you do with your changes?

Multiple people concurrently updating files is solved by version control.

Instead of a FTP directory you have a shared repo, which handles situations
of changes to the same file (possibly conflicting ones).

> I have also filed feature request for Kate to do the same, but you know it 
> will pass much time until my request will be fulfilled in my Debian jessie.

Kate is open source, right? You can patch it yourself.

Thread

Prevent overwriting files on FTP (need a Linux program) Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2014-04-08 17:54 +0300
  Re: Prevent overwriting files on FTP (need a Linux program) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-08 19:56 +0000
    Re: Prevent overwriting files on FTP (need a Linux program) Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2014-04-08 23:26 +0300
      Re: Prevent overwriting files on FTP (need a Linux program) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-08 21:18 +0000

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