diff -urpN mc-4.6.1.org/src/file.c mc-4.6.1.cp/src/file.c
--- mc-4.6.1.org/src/file.c	2005-05-27 16:19:18.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.1.cp/src/file.c	2007-05-18 16:00:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -458,6 +458,25 @@ enum {
     DEST_FULL			/* Created, fully copied */
 };
 
+static int warn_same_file(const char *fmt, const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+    char *msg;
+    /* We don't expect %d etc, just %s, so strlen(fmt) should be ok */
+    int n = strlen(fmt) + strlen(a) + strlen(b) + 1;
+
+    msg = malloc(n);
+    if (msg) {
+	snprintf(msg, n, fmt, a, b);
+	n = query_dialog (MSG_ERROR, msg,
+		D_ERROR, 2, _("&Skip"), _("&Abort"));
+	free(msg);
+	do_refresh ();
+	if (n) /* 1 == Abort */
+	    return FILE_ABORT;
+    }
+    return FILE_SKIP;
+}
+
 int
 copy_file_file (FileOpContext *ctx, const char *src_path, const char *dst_path,
 		int ask_overwrite, off_t *progress_count,
@@ -512,12 +531,9 @@ copy_file_file (FileOpContext *ctx, cons
 
     if (dst_exists) {
 	/* Destination already exists */
-	if (sb.st_dev == sb2.st_dev && sb.st_ino == sb2.st_ino) {
-	    message (1, MSG_ERROR,
-		    _(" `%s' and `%s' are the same file "), src_path, dst_path);
-	    do_refresh ();
-	    return FILE_SKIP;
-	}
+	if (sb.st_dev == sb2.st_dev && sb.st_ino == sb2.st_ino)
+	    return warn_same_file(_(" `%s' and `%s' are the same file "),
+				src_path, dst_path);
 
 	/* Should we replace destination? */
 	if (ask_overwrite) {
@@ -1043,22 +1059,8 @@ move_file_file (FileOpContext *ctx, cons
 
     if (mc_lstat (d, &dst_stats) == 0) {
 	if (src_stats.st_dev == dst_stats.st_dev
-	    && src_stats.st_ino == dst_stats.st_ino) {
-	    int msize = COLS - 36;
-	    char st[MC_MAXPATHLEN];
-	    char dt[MC_MAXPATHLEN];
-
-	    if (msize < 0)
-		msize = 40;
-	    msize /= 2;
-
-	    strcpy (st, path_trunc (s, msize));
-	    strcpy (dt, path_trunc (d, msize));
-	    message (1, MSG_ERROR,
-			_(" `%s' and `%s' are the same file "), st, dt);
-	    do_refresh ();
-	    return FILE_SKIP;
-	}
+	    && src_stats.st_ino == dst_stats.st_ino)
+	    return warn_same_file(_(" `%s' and `%s' are the same file "), s, d);
 
 	if (S_ISDIR (dst_stats.st_mode)) {
 	    message (1, MSG_ERROR,
@@ -1161,22 +1163,8 @@ move_dir_dir (FileOpContext *ctx, const 
     } else
 	destdir = concat_dir_and_file (d, x_basename (s));
 
-    if (sbuf.st_dev == dbuf.st_dev && sbuf.st_ino == dbuf.st_ino) {
-	int msize = COLS - 36;
-	char st[MC_MAXPATHLEN];
-	char dt[MC_MAXPATHLEN];
-
-	if (msize < 0)
-	    msize = 40;
-	msize /= 2;
-
-	strcpy (st, path_trunc (s, msize));
-	strcpy (dt, path_trunc (d, msize));
-	message (1, MSG_ERROR,
-		    _(" `%s' and `%s' are the same directory "), st, dt);
-	do_refresh ();
-	return FILE_SKIP;
-    }
+    if (sbuf.st_dev == dbuf.st_dev && sbuf.st_ino == dbuf.st_ino)
+	return warn_same_file(_(" `%s' and `%s' are the same directory "), s, d);
 
     /* Check if the user inputted an existing dir */
   retry_dst_stat: