Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 88604
gedit creates file backups that nautilus can't see!!!
Last modified: 2005-10-31 17:00:50 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: gedit in Red Hat 9 is creating backups in the form of: filename~ Nautilus can see hidden and backup files in the following form: .filename or ~filename The only way to see the backups created by gedit at present is in a terminal or another such component which shows directories as is. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a file in gedit and save as test.txt 2. Modify the file and then save. 3. Now open nautilus. With or without the 'Show hidden and backup files' checkbox checked in the nautilus file managment preferences and the backup file created by gedit is not visible. Actual Results: Can't view the backup files created by gedit in nautilus. Expected Results: I expect to set to show hidden and backups files and be able to see them all in nautilus. Additional info: I wil give this a high priority as it can have people unknowingly filling up their disks with backup files they cannot see. Bad in anybody's book!
A little investigation of backup creation shows the following... Note: This was a quick look. :) gedit(s) where this problem occurs ================================== gedit-2.2.0/src/gedit-document.c (Version in RH 9) gedit-2.2.1/src/gedit-document.c gedit-2.3.0/gedit/gedit-document.c where bad g_strconcat () occurs =============================== Lines - 1316, 1317 and 1318 Is at present: backup_filename = g_strconcat (real_filename, bak_ext, NULL); Should really be: backup_filename = g_strconcat (bak_ext, real_filename, NULL);
I don't think it's that nautilus can't see them, more that nautilus deliberately hides them. So really this is a nautilus issue. We wouldn't change this in a Red Hat specific patch though. I think the current behavior is "by design" but you might file it on bugzilla.gnome.org or ask on nautilus-list@gnome.org if you think it should be handled differently.