Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.3) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux When copying or moving files, konqueror sometimes asks whether it should replace an existing file with the same name. If the new and existing file are of identical size and sufficiently small (say, small enough to be previewed as per the user's preview settings), konqueror could do an MD5 (or similar) comparison and automatically skip identical files.
1) it they are small enough to fetch the data why bothering with MD5 when you can (program I mean) compare them byte after byte 2) warning about overwritting files it is signal for user that maybe something is wrong (you wanted to copy your files to pendrive instead you are copying them to the hard drive) 3) I could imagine this feature only per one operation -- I mean, you selected to copy 100 files, 20 of them are identical, so when the first confirmation appears you should be able to set "skip if identical" (with move "delete if indentical), when you start copying another files your previous decision is no longer valid
I agree with note#3 in comment#1. By default, Konqi should ask on the first identical file whether or not to replace future possible identical files. There should be an option to override this, however, so that Konqi never asks.