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

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Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> 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?

If I see there may ve overwrites, I could resolve the problem manually. The 
trouble is to know when there are conflicts, not how to resolve them.

> Multiple people concurrently updating files is solved by version control.

Yes I know...

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

... but version control software is not installed on our server :-( I am not 
the admin neither have root password to solve this problem myself.

>> 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.

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Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org

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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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