Bug 98864 - File search doesn't follow links
Summary: File search doesn't follow links
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kfind
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 22.08.3
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2005-02-08 18:08 UTC by hoea
Modified: 2024-02-13 05:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description hoea 2005-02-08 18:08:20 UTC 
Version:           3.3 (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

I have some data in another partitions (due to space reasons and
for sharing with other operation systems). I have symbolic links
to this directories.

If I start a search within konqueror (extras/search for files)
this directories are not searched, and there is no option to allow this.
Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-02 22:57:04 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 2 hoea 2018-11-03 10:27:48 UTC 
no change -- the dialog has some options, but no options is about symlinks
Comment 3 hoea 2018-11-03 10:28:25 UTC 
back to REPORTED
Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2022-12-02 01:23:06 UTC 
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 5 Schlaefer 2022-12-02 11:02:55 UTC 
Still happens here.

Operating System: EndeavourOS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
kfind 22.08.3
Comment 6 hoea 2022-12-02 12:51:38 UTC 
When searching with konqueror symbolic links to directories are not followed. The dialog box has same options, but nothing about symbolic links.

Btw: when searching within dolphin there is no way to specify if symbolic links should be followed -- which seems to be he default.

So there are two kde tools, two different behaviors -- no option to change.
 
The find command has at least  -H, -L and -P ...
Comment 7 funkybomber 2024-02-13 05:18:05 UTC 
I am wondering if this is the actual intended behaviour by the developers. 

Let's say we have "Drive A" and "Drive B".
Drive A contains a symbolic link to "myfile.txt" that is stored in "Drive B".
If the user uses KFind to search into Drive A for "*.txt" what is the expected result? I expect that "myfile.txt" should *not* be returned, and rightly so as it is located in a different drive so it is out of scope for the user's search.

If the user decides to search for "*.txt" inside Drive B then the file should be returned.

Maybe I am not understanding the problem correctly. Please clarify.