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Bug 115639 - Nautilus doesn't follow symlinks correctly
Nautilus doesn't follow symlinks correctly
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 73937
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Navigation
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 128416 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-06-20 22:17 UTC by pajones57
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.1/2.2


Description pajones57 2003-06-20 22:17:16 UTC 
At the terminal if I am in:
$pwd
~/Music

Then I create a symbolic from my media directory to my home Music folder
$ln -s /media/mp3 ~/Music

When I enter my linked mp3 folder
$cd mp3

My working directory is reported as:
$pwd
~/Music/mp3

When I enter the mp3 folder from ~/Music Nautilus the Location bar now
reports that I am in /media/mp3.  Worse when I hit up I am now in the
/media directory.  

I feel that it should function like it does in the terminal.  It would make
the system easier to understand for new users and would fit better with the
HIG.
Comment 1 Paolo Borelli 2003-09-04 14:44:56 UTC 
This works for me with nautilus 2.3.90...

not sure if the following is the exact ChangeLog entry... it's what
has matched a search for 'desktop' and 'properties' :)

2003-06-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>

	* src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c (fm_properties_window_present):
	Handle the case when the data is alreay ready.
	This fixes properties on the home icon on the desktop.
Comment 2 Paolo Borelli 2003-09-04 14:56:21 UTC 
D'OH!!!

I messed up... the comment above was meant for the bug  105751 that
was open in the other epiphany tab...


Anyway the symlink behaviour has been discussed to death on the
mailing-list and it was decided to keep it like it is now. (Which is
similar to what Windows and OS X do)

So probably this can be closed as WONTFIX... anyway since this symlink
request comes up frequently, this is probably also a dup of another
bug, but I couldn't find it right now...
Comment 3 Matthew Gatto 2003-12-03 17:07:28 UTC 
*** Bug 128416 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Paolo Borelli 2003-12-22 16:13:35 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 73937 ***