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This is similar to https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=14574 .

FTP issue:

I have a folder "myfolder" with some files inside of it. Then I rename it into "myfolder-old". Then I copy the "myfolder" upstream again.
But now I get the warning messages: "This folder already contains a file named X.Existing file's site is the same. Would you like to replace the existing file hosted at xyz?"


But this cannot be, because the folder "myfolder" cannot be on the server immediately after I have renamed it. And I see that the folder "myfolder" has been renamed on the server. So how does it claim to overwrite something inside of it?

This error is present since I guess 2004 in all former Mandriva and Mageia versions, on almost all FTP programs and on different servers.
Now it happens with Mageia 9 and Cross-FTP.

What about all the pointers from the thread you linked? You don't even mention what FTP client you're currently using.

Why should I mention them? Konqueror, Thunar, Cross-FTP and I have tried out some others which did have more problems.
Now I am using only Cross-FTP, because it is the only FTP-client which offers to overwrite only files changed by different file size.