Bug 345459

Summary:	Changing 'Downloads' default path attempts to move ALL files in $HOME to new location
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Steve Gilberd <steve>
Component:	kcm_desktoppath	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	critical	CC:	kde, steve
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193057
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Steve Gilberd 2015-03-24 02:56:14 UTC

Changing the default 'Download' path, then selecting 'yes' when asked whether I would like existing files to be moved to the new location results in an attempt to move *ALL* files in $HOME to $NEW_DOWNLOADS_DIR/$USER/. This completely trashes the user's homedir.

If the new destination is an ephimeral location such as /tmp, the files may be permanently lost if the user does not know where their files have gone before the destination is cleared.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure that the current default downloads (~/Downloads) directory exists.
2. In System Settings >> Applications >> Paths, change the default directory to a new location.
3. When asked whether to move existing files, choose 'Yes'.

Actual Results:  
Without any further prompting, an attempt is made to move everything in the user's home directory into a subfolder of the new default download location (i.e. move $HOME/* to $NEW_DOWNLOAD_TARGET/$USERNAME/*).

Expected Results:  
The contents of the current default download location should be moved to the new default download location. *ONLY* these files should be moved. Everything else in the user's home directory should be left untouched.

This was reproduced on a new gentoo system, using @kde-frameworks-5.7 and @kde-plasma-5.2.

Comment 1 Steve Gilberd 2015-03-24 02:57:22 UTC

This may be a regression - a similar issue was previously reported in 2009 in bug #193057, but that bug was marked as fixed several years ago.

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2015-04-09 16:11:57 UTC

I've tried and I can't reproduce this at all, with 10 minutes of every combination I can think of.

I don't suppose you could try reproducing it?

Can I see the contents of .config/user-dirs.dirs? before and after changing.

Do you remember if the prompt said the right thing (i.e did it say moving $home/downloads or did it it say $home).

Comment 3 David Edmundson 2015-04-09 16:15:10 UTC

Can you tell me what your home directory is (echo $HOME)

Comment 4 David Edmundson 2015-04-09 17:37:52 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 345729 ***

Comment 5 David Edmundson 2015-04-09 18:00:53 UTC

Fixed. Thanks ever so much for reporting. I hope you didn't lose anything valuable.