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Bug 561462 - The desktop isn't refreshed for modified hidden files
The desktop isn't refreshed for modified hidden files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 389812
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-11-19 03:02 UTC by Jean-Philippe Fleury
Modified: 2013-08-05 13:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24



Description Jean-Philippe Fleury 2008-11-19 03:02:02 UTC
Please describe the problem:
When we change a file name for adding or removing a dot or when we copy/paste an hidden file, the desktop isn't refreshed.

Steps to reproduce:
Two ways to reproduce the bug.

The first way:

1. Open Nautilus in $HOME
2. Go to "Display" and click "Show Hidden Files"
4. Make a backup of an hidden folder, for example copy .mozilla, change the emplacement for $HOME/Desktop/ and paste the folder.
5. Remove the dot in the name of the folder .mozilla.

At this moment, we have $HOME/Desktop/mozilla in Nautilus, but click in the "Show Desktop" button in the Gnome panel and we don't see the mozilla folder, even if we click on "Reload" in Nautilus.

The second way:

1. In the desktop, create the folder salut
2. Change its name in adding a dot: .salut

At this moment, we have the folder $HOME/Desktop/.salut but it's visible even if it's an hidden folder. I just can't hidden it.

Actual results:


Expected results:
The desktop should be refreshed.

If we paste ".folder" in the desktop and we rename it for "folder", we should view "folder" in the desktop.

If we rename "file" for ".file", we shouldn't view ".file" on the desktop.

Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:
Comment 1 Pedro Villavicencio 2009-03-17 13:18:03 UTC
similar report on http://launchpad.net/bugs/343580
Comment 2 António Fernandes 2013-08-05 13:59:46 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 389812 ***