SUMMARY Copying and pasting an item within the same folder prompts the user to specify a different name. Trying to specify a relative path by prepending ../ to the name puts the resultant files into a glitchy limbo state where they cannot be seen by most filesystem utilities. I don't know what else to call this. I was able to see the files by running "find" in the directory from which I initiated the copy. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Try to copy and paste an item such that the source and destination directories are the same. 2. A dialog box opens asking you to specify a new name. Prepend the name with ../ OBSERVED RESULT The files are copied but are in a glitched state and cannot be accessed by most filesystem utilities. EXPECTED RESULT The files are copied to the parent directory. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Debian GNU/Linux 10 KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0 Qt Version: 5.11.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This was done in my ext4 /home partition. When running find in the directory where the copy-paste operation occurred, the files appear as ./../New-Name-Here
The files were cleared out by fsck upon rebooting.