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Any time I upload a file via file manager, instead of replacing the existing file, it will append (#). Is there a setting I can get it to just replace the file of the same name, as opposed to doing this?

Thanks!

I noticed this too. In latest release we updated the modules upload software. Looks like this is a "feature" of it...

Ouch, yes just checked on a 1.11.10 site, you're right.

Ideal behaviour, I suppose, would be a check for same filename and a "Do you want to overwrite file y/n" dialog.

Guess there is no setting then, is this something that we can request to amend? As it stands, I can't update files I have to delete it and then re-name the filename (1).ext and that's not ideal on high-impact files such as js files.

Rolf wrote:I noticed this too. In latest release we updated the modules upload software. Looks like this is a "feature" of it...

Thanks, is there any plan of making it so you can replace...? This is an issue even on images that need to get replaced.

Hoorah. This appears to have been resolved in CMSMS 2.0 which is currently in Beta test.

When you upload a file of the same name it silently overwrites the original file. This is much more intuitive behaviour.

Great, I also believe this is the best choice.

99 out of a 100 times it's the admin who uses the file manager, who knows what he's doing so probably won't upload a wrong file. It's annoying to delete the old file every time before you can upload a new one.

Unfortunately this is causing a problem right now for my users on 1.11.10. We may be some way from a CMS 2 release, and so 1.11.10 is the current production version.
Is there anyway this change can be ported into an updated FileManager for 1.11.10?