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Bug 536409 - GNOME alows the pasting of directory in itself
GNOME alows the pasting of directory in itself
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 530720
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
2.22.x
Other All
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-06-03 11:27 UTC by Hiran Venugopalan
Modified: 2008-06-03 11:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description Hiran Venugopalan 2008-06-03 11:27:49 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:
1. Select any directory using Nautilus and Copy it (Ctrl+C)
2. Get inside the folder and press Ctrl+v
3. The whole directory will get pasted, making a infinite procedure


Stack trace:


Other information:
While doing in command mode, the same thing an error will be shown : 
cp: cannot copy a directory, `../123/', into itself, `./123'
Comment 1 A. Walton 2008-06-03 11:50:49 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 530720 ***