Re comment #14, the upstream bug status is irrelevant as the issue was closed by GNOME on 2021-06-18 as Bugzilla is no longer used to track their bug reports.
Anyone wanting this fixed should file a new bug report at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/ and post the link to GitLab here so any further development can be tracked. ** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67691 Title: Nautilus can leave half-copied files on the target on error or cancel Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: If a file move/copy is stopped half way through (eg due to pressing cancel or volume full error), Nautilus advises there was an error but does not try to delete the half-copied file, leaving the impression to a user on the target file system that the file was successfully copied. When you do the copy again and press "Skip all existing" this will lead to data loss. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/67691/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

