Download replaced my file - how to prevent?

[jefft0]

Hello. I had a file in my download folder named "bells.mp3". I was searching for more ringtones and clicked a link. It had the same file name and replaced my original "bells.mp3" in my download folder. My original file is lost forever (boo hoo).

Does Shareaza have an option to use a new file name for new downloads, like "bells (1).mp3" so that a download doesn't kill my existing files if it happens to have the same file name?

Thanks,
- Jeff

[old_death]

No, I am sorry but that bug has not yet been fixed in Shareaza yet, however our developers have been working on it recently (AFAIK).

[jefft0]

Thanks for the quick response. I'm a little sad to find out that this has been a bug since version 2.5.0.0 released in 2009.
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=489

I would offer to help code the fix but I suspect this is connected to file system support which is a design issue. I'll wait until the fix to use Shareaza's awesomeness for my particular application where I need it to download files without deleting previous files.

[old_death]

Most certainly, this isn't related to file system support, but to the download management code...

If you were willing to help us improve Shareaza, we'd be happy BTW.

[cyko_01]

if you see it coming you can pause your download, right-click and select properties, and in that dialog you can change the filename

[jefft0]