Re: [Lynx-dev] File Collisions

[Travis Siegel]

I do not believe lynx makes any attempt to make the name unique. It 
simply tries to save the file.  If the filename is already present, it 
will let you know, and ask if you wish to overwrite the file.

I have no idea if it's possible to automate the process of renaming it 
it or not, but I'd guess that's not an option in it's current encarnation.

On 3/27/2021 6:12 PM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> Is there any feature in lynx that adds a random file extention to
> the name of a file one is about to save to make sure it is
> unique?
>
>         I use lynx to download books in the NLS Talking Book
> program and it works well for this purpose but the file names are
> based on a formula that can produce identical file names if the
> files represent books from the same author or represent more than
> one issue of a periodical or in one case can be two different
> periodicals in which the formula produces the same set of letters
> for both sets of periodicals.
>
>         What I have been doing is typing 000, 001, etc, after
> these names so no two files end up with the same name, but it
> would be nice to automate the uniqueness so nothing gets
> clobbered.
>
>         For the sake of clarity, the formula I refer to is the
> web site's method for generating file names.  I have no control
> over that so any uniqueness will have to be generated here.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Martin McCormick
>
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