Public bug reported: If you try to move a number of files from one file system to another and an error occurs that causes Nautilus to abort the move (eg disk full), it leaves duplicate files on both source and target.
Personally, I would prefer it if Nautilus treated the move as a number of individual file move operations (ie if it removed each source file once the file has been successfully copied to the target). But if Nautilus is treating the entire move as one operation it should probably (try to) delete target files on an error, so that you don't end up in an 'indeterminate state' with a partial duplication of the source on the target. (This is especially a problem if you are moving a lot of files into a directory already containing a lot of files as it's very difficult to ascertain which ones copied and which ones didn't.) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- If an error occurs while moving files across disk volumes, Nautilus leaves duplicate files on source and target https://launchpad.net/bugs/67692 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs