Bug 386340

Summary:	cannot handle files with weird names
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Benito van der Zander <xmapskde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	elvis.angelaccio
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	17.08.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Benito van der Zander 2017-10-29 23:58:55 UTC

When a file has unusual bytes in its name, Dolphin cannot delete it.

I am not sure which bytes are causing the trouble, but after creating 254 files for every byte in the 0x01 to 0xff range, I could neither delete them nor the parent folder.

To reproduce it, you can clone the repo at https://github.com/benibela/nasty-files and then you cannot delete it.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2017-10-30 00:13:03 UTC

If you put random raw bytes 0x80-0xFF in a filename, you are creating illegal UTF-8 encoded filenames. Those are not supported by the QString-based file API.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2017-10-30 00:17:33 UTC

See also bug 165044.