| Summary: | When copying a folder to ExFAT with a name that has unsupported characters, Dolphin suggests to rename it but then fails to copy the contents | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] dolphin | Reporter: | Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | bugseforuns, kfm-devel, marcos.carot |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Error dialog
Rename dialog |
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Created attachment 165130 [details]
Rename dialog
I was about to submit this same. Just to add mine: SUMMARY Say you have a folder structure with files in ext4. The folder has characters not supported by FAT32/exFAT such as colon. You also have another partition with FAT32/exFAT: you try to copy the whole folder. Dolphin warns agout the unsuported characters and offers to replace. You agree, but it fails to copy the files within. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Have a source folder including a ":", with some files in it, in an ext4 partition 2. Have a destination with an FAT32/exFAT partition 3. Drag and drop the folder from the source to the destination 4. Dolphin warns you about unsupported characters and offers to replace them, you accept 5. Dolphin creates the folder in the FAT32/exFAT partition with the unsupported character replaced 6. Dolphin cannot copy the files within. I suspect it does not "know" that the destintination folder now has a different name. OBSERVED RESULT Folder copied with unsupported characters replaced. Files within not copied, error. I can copy the files within the source folder to the newly created folder, so the error only shows when trying to copy the folder all together with the files. EXPECTED RESULT Folder copied with unsupported characters replaced. Files within copied. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.12.17-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 30.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: ASUS Can reproduce with Dolphin 25.04.0. Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0 Qt Version: 6.9.0 Graphics Platform: Wayland |
Created attachment 165129 [details] Error dialog SUMMARY ExFAT doesn't allow file names with characters like question marks, colons, etc. When copying a file folder that has such a character in its name, Dolphin is smart enough to suggest renaming it on the fly. However, the contents of the folder then fail to be copied to the renamed location. STEPS TO REPRODUCE You need a disk formatted with a proper filesystem like ext4 and a flashdrive formatted with exfat. 1. Create a folder in your ext4 disk with a name that contains question marks eg: "hello??". Create one file inside the folder. 2. Copy the folder to the exFAT disk. Dolphin suggests to rename it to replace the question marks, which are not valid in exfat, in the previous example to "hello__". OBSERVED RESULT 3. Dolphin fails to copy the contents of the directory, with the attached error. (BONUS BUG: the filename is cropped even if I resize the window, so I can't never fully read the file path). EXPECTED RESULT Once the folder is renamed, the contents should be copied successfully from the unrenamed to the renamed. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: master KDE Plasma Version: master KDE Frameworks Version: master Qt Version: master