Comment 11 for bug 882001

why should pcmanfm be deleting files when restoring to an empty
folder? please answer that specific question and not mention the
dialog.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Walter Lapchynski
<email address hidden> wrote:
>> 1) Create a folder in your desktop folder called "TestFolder".
>> 2) Create two or more files in TestFolder.
>> 3) Delete your TestFolder.
>
> so the TestFolder in the trash is NOT empty.
>
>> 4) Now create another empty "TestFolder" in your desktop folder.
> (like in the step 1)
>
> this one's empty.
>
>> 5) Go to trash, right click on "TestFolder" and click Restore.
>
> now what happens here is not clear. does it replace the new one with the old one, the old one with the new one, or does it offer you options?
> OP and you (I think?) say that it just sort of makes the original non-empty TestFolder disappear:
>
>> 6) Now your files are lost
>
> but Julien and I instead get a dialog that is aware of this conundrum
> and asks the user to act.
>
> clear?
>
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>
> Title:
> Files lost when restoring them from trash
>
> Status in “pcmanfm” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Steps:
> 1) Create a folder in your desktop folder called "TestFolder".
> 2) Create two or more files in TestFolder.
> 3) Delete your TestFolder.
> 4) Now create another empty "TestFolder" in your desktop folder. (like in the step 1)
> 5) Go to trash, right click on "TestFolder" and click Restore.
> 6) Now your files are lost
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: pcmanfm 0.9.9-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Oct 26 16:02:40 2011
> InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
> Pref_Config_Home_lubuntu:
>
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: pcmanfm
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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