GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 162787
bookmarks point to a directory in the Trash when the dir has been removed
Last modified: 2005-10-19 18:11:05 UTC
Please describe the problem: If you delete a bookmarked dir, the bookmark points to the dir in trash. When you recreate that dir on its original location, and want to navigate to the new dir using the old bookmark, you end up in the Trash. If you do this while copying or saving files, you put them into the trash and run the risk of severe dataloss. Steps to reproduce: 1. create a dir and enter it 2. bookmark the dir 3. remove the dir 4. navigate to the dir using the bookmark Actual results: now you are in the trash Expected results: if the dir is recreated, I want to navigate to the new dir. I not, I want to get a warning that the directory has been removed. Does this happen every time? yes Other information: this scenario is not artificial. I work at 2 locations on my PhD thesis. When I synchronise one of these with the other, I remove the dir and copy it from my other computer. When I do this, my bookmark points to the Trash!
Thanks for your bug report! I can confirm this issue with Nautilus 2.12/2.13.
Created attachment 53520 [details] [review] Proposed patch Also sent to nautilus-list for review: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2005-October/msg00105.html
The patch was committed to the Nautilus 2.12 branch and to Nautilus HEAD, and will be incorporated into Nautilus 2.12.2. Thanks for your efforts and your patience, and good luck with your thesis, if it is not yet finished.