Editing File manager (section)

=== File transfer ===
[[Graphical user interface|Graphical]] file managers may support copying and moving of files through "[[copy and paste]]" and "cut and paste" respectively, as well as through [[drag and drop]], and a separate menu for selecting the target path.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 Ways to Copy Files Faster in Windows 10 |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-to-copy-files-faster-in-windows/ |website=MakeUseOf |access-date=13 March 2022 |date=15 December 2019}}</ref>

While transferring files, a file manager may show the source and destination directories, transfer progress in percentage and/or size, progress bar, name of the file currently being transferred, remaining and/or total number of files, numerical transfer rate, and graphical transfer rate. The ability to pause the file transfer allows temporarily granting other software full sequential read access while allowing to resume later without having to restart the file transfer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/all-about-windows-8-filename-collisions-and-copy-move-dialog-box/ |title=All About Windows 8 FileName Collisions And Copy/Move Dialog Box |language=en |date=2012-03-06 |access-date=2022-03-13  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105040618/http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/all-about-windows-8-filename-collisions-and-copy-move-dialog-box/ |archive-date=5 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some file managers move multiple files by copying and deleting each selected file from the source individually, while others first copy all selected files, then delete them from the source afterwards, as described in {{section link|computer file#Moving_methods}}.

Conflicting file names in a target directory may be handled through renaming, overwriting, or skipping. Renaming is typically numerical. Overwriting may be conditional, such as when the source file is newer or differs in size.<ref>The [[FTP]] file manager "[[FileZilla]]" includes the options "Overwrite if the source is newer", "Overwrite if different size", and "Overwrite if differenz size or source newer".</ref> Files could technically be compared with [[checksums]], but that would require reading through the entire source and target files, which would slow down the process significantly on larger files.