When a file already exists

When you copy a file to a folder that already has one with the same name, AirSCP asks what to do. It shows the size and date of both, so you can decide.

Steps

  1. Read the line that compares them, for example New: 75 bytes, 2 Oct 2026 at 4:30 PM · Existing: 75 bytes, 28 Sep 2026 at 10:15 AM.
  2. Choose:
    • Replace: the new file takes the old one’s place.
    • Keep Both: the new file gets a number, for example index 2.html.
    • Skip: the old file stays, and this one isn’t copied.
    • Cancel: nothing more is copied.
  3. Copying many files? Tick Do the same for the other … conflicts to answer once for all of them.
The question: index.html already exists in www. Replace, Keep Both, Skip or Cancel

Tips

  • AirSCP checks the folder as it is now, not as it was listed. A file made since then is asked about too, never replaced without asking.
  • Replace keeps the old file until the new copy is complete.
  • Some copies can’t rename (archives, copies between two servers): then only Replace and Skip are offered.
  • On Windows and Mac servers, names that differ only in case count as the same name.