If R‑Studio for Linux while recovering files encounters either an already existing file or file with a broken name, normally it will stop working and ask you what to do with the file. If you recover multiple files, that may require you answer a lot of the same questions. You may use Mass File Recovery Options on the Recover dialog box to instruct R‑Studio for Linux what to do in those cases for all files.

Recover (Advanced) dialog box

Advanced file recovery options

File Already Exists	These options instruct R‑Studio for Linux what to do if there already exists a file with the same name.
Extended options	If this option is selected, more advanced options become accessible to process multiple duplicates of the file.
Prompt	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux asks the user what to do for each such file. It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.
Rename	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux adds a File ID to the file name. If a file already exists with the same name and that file ID, a number will be added to th file name and file ID.
Skip	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux skips all new files with the same name.
Overwrite	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux overwrites the existing file with the new one.
Overwrite Older	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux overwrites the existing file with the new one if the existing file is older than the new file. The time stamp used is Modified.
Overwrite Smaller	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux overwrites the existing file with the new one if the existing file is smaller than the new file. The time stamp used is Modified.
Overwrite Bigger	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux overwrites the existing file with the new one if the existing file is bigger than the new file. The time stamp used is Modified.
Broken File Name	These options instruct R‑Studio for Linux what to do if a file to be recovered appears to have an invalid name.
Prompt	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux shows the standard Broken File Name dialog box for each file with a broken file name. It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.
Rename and change all invalid symbols to:	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux changes all invalid characters to the character specified.
Skip	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux skips all files with broken file names.
Hidden Attribute	These options instruct R‑Studio for Linux what to do if a file to be recovered appears to have the Hidden attribute.
Prompt	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux asks the user what to do with the attribute . It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.
Remove	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux removes the Hidden attribute from all files.
Keep	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux keeps the Hidden attribute for all files.

Extended options

These options give you more flexible ways to process multiple files with the same name. You may compare files by time (Modified) and size, and decide what R‑Studio for Linux should do with those duplicates. If any of the files has an invalid time, the comparison by time is skipped. In this case, if comparison by size is not active, R‑Studio for Linux goes to the default action..

Recover (Advanced - Extended options) dialog box

Extended advanced file recovery options

First compare time First compare size	These options instruct R‑Studio for Linux which condition to use first, file time or size.
Compare time Compare size	These options instruct R‑Studio for Linux to enable comparison by time and size..
Actions	These selectable actions instruct R‑Studio for Linux what to do if the condition is met.
Empty field	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux skips the condition.
Prompt	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux asks the user what to do for each such file. It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.
Rename	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux adds a File ID to the file name. If a file already exists with the same name and that file ID, a number will be added to th file name and file ID.
Skip	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux skips all new files with the same name.
Overwrite	If this option is selected, R‑Studio for Linux overwrites the existing file with the new one.
Time conditions	If the Modified time stamp is invalid, R‑Studio for Linux will skip the comparison.
Equal time	Two time stamps are the same.
Older	The existing file is older than the new one.i
Newer	The existing file is newer than the new one.i
Size conditions
Equal size	Two files have the same size.
Smaller	The existing file is smaller than the new one.i
Bigger	The existing file is bigger than the new one.i
By default	The action R‑Studio for Linux takes when none of the comparison conditions have been met. That may happen when the comparison by size is not enabled.

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