Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus
When a symbolic link to a folder is moved to Trash and the Trash emptied the contents of the linked folder are lost. The linked folder itself remains but is empty, System :- Jaunty 64 bit (updated 30 Jan 2009) on AMD64 X2 with ext4 partitions for / and /home Test Method :- Create test folder on desktop - create folder within that folder - create link to the test folder. Now Move link to Trash and then empty Trash. Test folder remains but the folder that was inside it is gone - the test folder is empty. This was reported to me by another user. See thread in Ubuntu Forums :- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6646177#post6646177 Possible related bug :- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/317781/comments/15 - Ext4 data loss ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Emptying deleted symbolic links in Trash deletes folder contents. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323321 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
