NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

[David Combs]

NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 19:52 Copy of fp0901-27Tue.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10777600 05-24 20:09 Copy of fp0902-03Tue.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 20:05 Copy of fp0902-12Thu.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 20:02 Copy of fp0902-20Fri.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 19:58 Copy of fp0902-27Fri.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 06-05 01:58 Copy of fp0905-12Tue.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 06-05 01:50 Copy of fp0905-19Tue.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10780672 06-05 01:46 Copy of fp0905-29Fri.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-14 13:13 Copy of fp12may09tu.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-14 13:10 Copy of fp4may09m.mp3
  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      11161916 05-26 13:01 Copy of gr-1may09.mp3

ie, where did the "Copy of " come from?
(and how did it get into dired?) 



Thanks!

David

RE: NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

[Drew Adams]

> ie, where did the "Copy of " come from?
> (and how did it get into dired?) 

Copy+paste in Windows itself (e.g Windows Explorer) - not in Emacs - creates a
copy with the prefix "Copy of ". Dired shows you the filenames that exist.

Re: NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

[Lennart Borgman]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:20 PM, David Combs<dkcombs@panix.com> wrote:
> NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?
>
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 19:52 Copy of fp0901-27Tue.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10777600 05-24 20:09 Copy of fp0902-03Tue.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 20:05 Copy of fp0902-12Thu.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 20:02 Copy of fp0902-20Fri.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-24 19:58 Copy of fp0902-27Fri.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 06-05 01:58 Copy of fp0905-12Tue.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 06-05 01:50 Copy of fp0905-19Tue.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10780672 06-05 01:46 Copy of fp0905-29Fri.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-14 13:13 Copy of fp12may09tu.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      10776576 05-14 13:10 Copy of fp4may09m.mp3
>  -rw-rw-rw-   1 David    root      11161916 05-26 13:01 Copy of gr-1may09.mp3
>
> ie, where did the "Copy of " come from?
> (and how did it get into dired?)

Is not that what windows explorer calls the file when you paste it in
the same directory as it already is in?

Re: NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 29.06.2009 um 22:20 schrieb David Combs:

> ie, where did the "Copy of " come from?

 From MS Losedos. Mac OS X does similiar things.

--
Greetings

   Pete

Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak.

Re: NTEMACS: dired: where does name "Copy of <FileName>" come from?

[David Combs]

In article <mailman.1559.1246352168.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Peter Dyballa  <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote:
>
>Am 29.06.2009 um 22:20 schrieb David Combs:
>
>> ie, where did the "Copy of " come from?
>
> From MS Losedos. Mac OS X does similiar things.
>
>--
>Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
>Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak.
>
>
>

Thank you, guys!


(Oh, the many pleasures of Windows!)


David