Renaming with only case changes fails on FAT filesystems

Bug #451372 reported by Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
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Nautilus
New
Low
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

Renaming files on FAT filesystems returns "the name is already used in this folder" error. A similar bug was found and fixed in Feisty (see bug #87307); this one was found in Nautilus 2.26.2.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

thank for the report, that's a known issue, you can track it here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490509

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Wingman (michele.wingman) wrote :

It happens in nautilus 2.28.1 too!

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote : Re: [Bug 451372] Re: Renaming with only case changes fails on FAT filesystems

Thanks for your report, I've added a comment about it to the GNOME bugzilla.

Changed in nautilus:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Francisco Villar (villarf) wrote :

Also happens on NTFS filesystem.

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Francisco Villar (villarf) wrote :

I have to correct my last comment, it also happens using a windows executable under Wine and NTFS formatted drives.

Changed in nautilus:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
Changed in nautilus:
importance: Medium → Low
status: Invalid → New
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