Bug 264967 - Dolphin is not updating when files are moved
Summary: Dolphin is not updating when files are moved
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kio
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: SVN
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
URL:
Keywords: triaged
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-01-31 15:59 UTC by lochhead.james
Modified: 2018-10-27 03:46 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description lochhead.james 2011-01-31 15:59:22 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

When moving files through a medium other than Dolphin I am noticing that the files do not update unless the application is reloaded.

For example, when downloading a file using Google Chrome, the file does not appear in an open dolphin window until after I have reloaded the application.

Another example: I have been writing a python program that organizes a large amount of files using shutil.move() and witnessing this behaviour in quite a big way. At first I thought it was my program acting up, however, a simple ls showed that the files had actually moved and Dolphin had just not updated. Again, reloading Dolphin fixed the problem.

I had a suspicion I had also seen this behaviour when using the Konsole to move files around, however, I am a little uncertain about this and was not able to replicate it when I tried.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Appears to happen sometimes with: Google Chrome
Happens consistently with: Python

Google Chrome:
1) Open /home/yourhome/Downloads
2) Download something in to the folder

Python:
<< Open dolphin at ~ >>
1) Open the konsole.
2) echo "hello" > hello.txt
3) python
4) import shutil
5) shutil.move("/home/<yourusername>/hello.txt", "/home/<yourusername>/Downloads/hello.txt")



Actual Results:  
The files remained as they were, however, an ls ~/Downloads and ls ~ showed that they had in fact been moved.

Expected Results:  
Updated, showing how the directories looked like after the change.

I am using the Kubuntu backports repo as KDE 4.6 has not yet been packaged with a release.
Comment 1 lochhead.james 2011-01-31 16:01:22 UTC
Oh, I would also like to point out that I was able to reproduce this 100% of the time with the python shutil.move() statement.
Comment 2 andrew.walker27 2012-03-07 12:34:12 UTC
I've been having this problem with Gentoo for ages. Anything I save when using Pan newsreader doesn't appear in dolphin until I kill it and restart. The files show up in any terminal with ls, it seems that dolphin doesn't update.
Comment 3 Martin Kho 2012-04-07 17:59:40 UTC
Hi,

I've experienced this issue when (re)building a rpm package. The output (in Fedora) is stored in the so called BUILDROOT. Dolphin partly shows the output or not at all. ls -al confirms that it's in place.
Pressing F5 (reload) makes no difference. Restarting Dolphin 'solves' this issue.

I'm using Dolphin 2.0 (kde 4.8.2)

Martin Kho
Comment 4 Dawit Alemayehu 2013-06-18 06:32:12 UTC
I tried the python test given above and I cannot reproduce this with either Dolphin not Konqueror in KDE 4.10.4. The newly created file shows up as soon as it is moved using the shutil command.
Comment 5 Dawit Alemayehu 2013-06-18 06:32:41 UTC
Do you still have this issue with KDE 4.10 or higher?
Comment 6 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-24 02:13:48 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please set the bug status as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 7 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-27 03:46:27 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!