Bug 472972

Summary:	Moving a Soft Link Moves the Target File
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Riki Heck <rikiheck>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	kfm-devel, p.r.worrall
Priority:	NOR
Version:	23.04.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Riki Heck 2023-08-03 18:37:54 UTC

If I have a soft link in a directory and drag it to a different directory, then what happens, very unexpectedly, is that the target file itself is moved to that directory and deleted from its original location. 

I.e., suppose I have in my home directory a link myfile.txt whose target is /tmp/realfile.txt. If I drag that link to, say, $HOME/tmp/, then what happens is that realfile.txt gets moved to $HOME/tmp/. So /tmp/realfile.txt no longer exists, and the link itself disappears.

To say this is unexpected would be an understatement. If the original file was on a shared drive, it could effectively lead to data loss for other users.

I am reasonably confident it did not always work this way.

Comment 1 Paul Worrall 2023-08-04 07:45:43 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 464225 ***