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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.