Bug 317513

Summary: Cannot open files that start with a tilde
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio Reporter: Dima Ryazanov <dima>
Component: Open/save dialogsAssignee: KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: adaptee, bugseforuns, cfeck, kdelibs-bugs, nate, samjnaa, uvv.mail
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version: 5.45.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Dima Ryazanov 2013-03-28 22:55:22 UTC
File dialog won't open files whose names start with "~". E.g., create a file named "~foo.txt" and try to open it in any KDE app.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2013-04-16 18:07:43 UTC
The tilde character is the UNIX way to reference the home directory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde#Directories_and_URLs
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2013-07-08 02:13:49 UTC
*** Bug 262385 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Dima Ryazanov 2013-11-16 00:30:38 UTC
Found another filename that doesn't work: ".txt

(I know it's a special character, but it's a valid filename.)
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2013-11-16 12:10:20 UTC
Dima, that's bug 185433.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2018-04-11 21:59:40 UTC
*** Bug 144220 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***