SFTP: File Rename Problem

[crystalidea]

When I have 2 files on SFTP:
program.exe
program.exe_

and try renaming the second one to 'program.exe' i get the question:
File 'program.exe' already exists. Overwrite?
The answer is YES, get the error:

General failure (server should provide error description).
Error code: 4
Error message from server: Failure
Request code: 18

[Martin Prikryl]

Your server most likely does not support renaming file to a name of already existing file.
For details about this unfortunate error message, please see here:
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/message_error_code_4

[crystalidea]

Other SFTP clients rename the file without a problem (on the same server).
Anyway, what the problem to delete, then rename huh?

[crystalidea]

any feedback from developers?

[Martin Prikryl]

Other SFTP clients rename the file without a problem (on the same server).
Anyway, what the problem to delete, then rename huh?

It can be improved. I'm adding it to a TODO list.

[crystalidea]

Thank you Martin, great.

[crystalidea]

1.6.5 - not fixed

[crystalidea]

any news?

[Martin Prikryl]

Sorry, no progress yet. To be honest, this is really not a very demanded feature.

[crystalidea]

It's not like 1k lines of code I believe. I have a problem of using this for years.