[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Lars Ruoff wrote:

> Shouldn't "Save As" be allowed to save over an existing file?
> It throws the following error:
> "Can't save over current capture file: [etherXXX...]",
> where etherXXX is the name of a temporary file, not the file i actually want
> to save over.
>
> (built from last nightly CVS, Windows2000, GLib2.2.1, GTK+1.3)
> best regards,
> Lars Ruoff
>
>  
Fixed the bug about the dialog text.


In an ideal world, it would ask the user when detecting this: "Do you 
want to overwrite existing file?" YES/NO/CANCEL or such.
The problem is: the current save mechanism (in file.c) is very 
monolithic. Theres no easy way to achieve the behaviour I described.

So, I wouldn't overwrite an existing file, without asking the user first 
about this. As this isn't easily possible, it won't be a good idea to 
simply
overwrite without any confirmation, as unintended data loss might occur.


The file.c mechanisms should be redesigned IHMO, but don't expect 
changes too soon on this.

Regards, ULFL