GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 141965
Drag and drop from nautilus to terminal with spaces
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Description of Problem: When dragging and dropping a file or directory with a space in the path (eg /home/me/My Stuff/stuff) from nautilus to terminal, the space is not transfered in a way that a terminal session handles well. It should include a \ or "'s to allow the directory name to be handled properly (eg "/home/me/My Stuff/stuff" or /home/me/My\ Stuff/stuff) Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open a directory in nautilus with a space character in the path 2. Drag a folder to terminal as input to a command Actual Results: A "no such file or directory" error caused by the unhandled space in the name (or manual editing required) Expected Results: Accept directory name gracefully. How often does this happen? Always
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 134272 ***