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Bug 160401 - create archive doesn't work on read-only CD-ROM
create archive doesn't work on read-only CD-ROM
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: file-roller
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
Paolo Bacchilega
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-04 01:31 UTC by Andrew Ziem
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Description Andrew Ziem 2004-12-04 01:31:11 UTC 
1. Open Nautilus 2.8.1
2. Navigate to read-only CD-ROM folder
3. Select some files
4. Edit->Create Archive
5. Press ceate button

At this point, no archive is created, and no error message is given.

1. Open Nautilus
2. Navigate to read-only CD-ROM folder
3. Select some files
4. Edit->Create Archive
5. Give writeable path such as /home/foo/blah.zip [*** difference***]
6. Press create button

At this point, no archive is created, and no error message is given.

Major suggestion: 
Allow creation of archives from read-only media (or at least, show an error).

Minor suggestion:
For Create Archive, provide a way for user to use GUI to specify alternate location.

For the record:
- I verified that I can create zip archives in a writeable folder (under
/home/myusername)
- I ran Nautilus from Gnome Terminal to see if it would print any error messages
to console (and it didn't).
Comment 1 Paolo Bacchilega 2004-12-15 12:55:27 UTC 
fixed now, thank you.