Re: Check if file exists and ask before fetching, when copying

[Michael Albinus]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

Hi Dan,

> MA> That isn't Tramp, but dired. Tramp implements `copy-file'. It always
> MA> checks first, whether the target file exists.
>
> OK but how about when copying files from the adb: device to the local
> machine?
>
> If the local file exists already, we shouldn't see any "Fetching" before
> asking if we want to overwrite.
>
> Or OK, this "fetching" is maybe composed of two phases, checking if the
> file exists, then actually fetching it? So it would be better to show
> more precise messages?

Honestly, you've lost me. I don't know what "Fetching" message you see
when.

Could you pls give me a short recipe, starting with "emacs -Q", showing
what you've typed and what are the results?

Best regards, Michael.