Download: overwrite existing files?
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lhmoperaunite last edited by
Hi,
I'm currently using some poorly coded web system that only web-kit browsers can display properly. And when I try to download some click generated files from that system, the download filename is always the same.What opera does is, if the file is already there in my "Downloads" folder, a numeric suffix is automatically appended to the file name ("(1)", "(2)", ...). This is rather annoying because I just hope to keep the latest copy of the file. Now I have to rename those files every time before I can use a local script to process the latest one.
Is there a way to change this behavior so I can get a prompt like "File already exists. Overwrite?"
Any advise is appreciated.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
No. There's a setting to always display the Save dialog, "Ask where to save each file before downloading", but it will have auto-incremented the name already. You'd have to edit the name in the dialog each time, and only then would you get an overwrite query.
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lhmoperaunite last edited by
Alright, found an extension in the chrome web store.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/downloads-overwrite-exist/fkomnceojfhfkgjgcijfahmgeljomcfkWhen download starts, it will overwrite the existing file without confirmation. Not perfect, but I think I can live with it.
