Fails to open a file with colon in filename, from the commandline
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gedit |
Fix Released
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Critical
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gedit (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gedit
In Hardy, with all updates, trying to open a file with a colon in its filename, for editing in gedit, from the command-line:
jani@shuttle-
http:__
jani@shuttle-
(gedit:12339): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: trying to read a non-existing handle
What I expected to happen: I expect gedit to open the file I've specified on the command-line.
What happens instead: The file is not loaded into gedit. Gedit opens, but reports that "http:__
Opening the file in question with gedit is possible either by clicking the file in a Nautilus browser window, or by selecting it through gedit's own File > Open.... Also, it works from the commandline if I precede the filename with a "./", as in:
$ gedit ./http\
This may not be gedit-specific, but because I'm not familiar with the underlying mechanics, I'm filing this against gedit which is the only one I've come across the issue with.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 26 10:04:53 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
Package: gedit 2.22.3-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/
LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gedit
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
Related branches
Changed in gedit: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gedit: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in gedit: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
this is not a bug, you need to escape that column or use " instead as: program "http\: __userscripts. org_scripts_ source_ 7122.user. js" but this is not a gedit issue that's how the files are handled on Linux.