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Bug 336590 - hiding folders does not work if .hidden is a link
hiding folders does not work if .hidden is a link
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.15.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-03-30 08:24 UTC by Timo Aaltonen
Modified: 2006-08-08 14:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16

Attachments
Nautilus acceps .hidden's which are symlinks (763 bytes, patch)
2006-08-05 19:40 UTC, Sebastian Kapfer 		none Details | Review

Description Timo Aaltonen 2006-03-30 08:24:55 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
I have a link /.hidden -> /foo/.hidden. Nautilus is not able to read the
contents of the target, and no folders are hidden. If I change /.hidden to be a
proper file, things work like they should.

Steps to reproduce:


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Sebastian Kapfer 2006-08-05 19:07:59 UTC 
Confirming this, I also don't like this behavior. :-(
Comment 2 Sebastian Kapfer 2006-08-05 19:40:21 UTC 
Created attachment 70272 [details] [review]
Nautilus acceps .hidden's which are symlinks
Comment 3 Christian Neumair 2006-08-05 20:25:36 UTC 
Thanks for your bug report and your efforts!

Maybe you could submit your patch to nautilus-list [1] for review?

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
Comment 4 Alexander Larsson 2006-08-08 14:16:26 UTC 
Commited a different fix.