Bug 317513

Summary:	Cannot open files that start with a tilde
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Dima Ryazanov <dima>
Component:	Open/save dialogs	Assignee:	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
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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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. ***