| Summary: | MTP transfer fails for files with the double quote (") character in the file name | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] kio-extras | Reporter: | Heinrich Zander <heinrich.zander> |
| Component: | MTP | Assignee: | Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED UPSTREAM | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | elvis.angelaccio, sitter |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 22.04.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Arch Linux | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
This is most likely a variant of https://github.com/libmtp/libmtp/issues/71 specifically " is a reserved character on windows [1] so it appearing in filenames wouldn't be portable and your phone may consequently reject the filename. I've had a look at our code and we do nothing fancy with the name, so whatever is wrong is inside libmtp and that linked issue seems like the prime candidate (e.g. note how the reserved windows characters are missing from the expression on the s10, most notably " is missing) [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file |
SUMMARY When I tried to copy files from my computer to my android device (Pixel 6), there was a file with quotes (") in the filename. When dolphin tried to transfer this file a dialog box opened up, which said the file could not be copied. Even after I clicked "Skip this file" in the dialog, the transfer did not continue and hangs forever on the next file. This is strange because other files with unicode characters like umlauts and japanese characters get transferred just fine. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Connect android device using MTP. 2. Try to copy a file containing a double quote in its filename. 3. The transfer of the file fails. OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0 Qt Version: 5.15.4 kio-extras Version: 22.04.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION