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Bug 145486 - Cannot move files with question marks in filename
Cannot move files with question marks in filename
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Cut Copy Paste Undo
2.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-07-06 03:29 UTC by pah06
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.5/2.6


Description pah06 2004-07-06 03:29:01 UTC 
At a shell:
$ echo hello > test.me

In Nautilus, try to move the file to another directory. Nautilus fails and 
offers to Skip, Cancel or Retry. I would expect the file to be moved. This 
problem may also apply with copy (can't test at the moment, using a Windows 
machine).

Thankfully, if skip is pressed Nautilus does not delete the original file. But 
it can be combined with another bug (will submit shortly) to cause data loss.

Am using the current Debian packages from unstable on x86. I believe it's 
Nautilus 2.6.3-1.
Comment 1 pah06 2004-07-06 03:32:41 UTC 
Sorry, filename should have been test?me, not test.me
Comment 2 pah06 2004-07-06 09:23:03 UTC 
Ah, forget it. Not a bug with Nautilus. It is a limitation of the FAT filesystem
I was copying to (doesn't allow ? in filenames). I have however verified the
data loss reported in bug 145487, where you copy a directory with multiple
files, one of which contains a ? in the filename, to a FAT filesystem.