GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 508649
Bad error when moving files with unsupported characters in filename.
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:16:13 UTC
Tried to move the following folder from /home ext3 to my mp3 player which is FAT. "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS". I get this error message: Error "Invalid parameters" while moving "/home/lexhi...cast | PBS". Would you like to continue? <skip> <cancel> <retry> Retry is highlighted as default. Guessing the issue is with "|" in filename on FAT. nautilus should have a much better error message. nautilus shouldn't have retry as the default action in above error message. I think nautilus should have an error message like: "You are trying to copy onto a FAT filesystem which doesn't support "|" in the filenames." It should then either: offer to change filename so copy will work, advise user to rename and try again. Lex.
*** Bug 606856 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I can reproduce it on nautilus 3.6, but with a different error dialog: > . > / \ Error while copying “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS”. > / ! \ > /_____\ There was an error copying the file into /run/media/antonio/FAT. > > [-] Show more details > > Invalid filename > > [ Cancel ] [ Skip ]
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