I made further tests, and I could reproduce this bug on another computer
(with the same setup).
It happens when you attempt to extract the archive containing linked folders.
Here are the exact steps to reproduce this bug :
1- Create a folder, say "container"
2- Inside, create another folder, say "real folder"
3- Place some files inside this folder (a week worth of precious work for
instance. ah ah!)
4- Create a link of this folder in nautilus (right clic -> create a link)
It should look like this :
-container
|_real folder (with files inside)
|_link to real folder
5- Create an archive from "link to real folder" (a zip in my test)
6- Extract that archive anywhere you want.
You will get an error message saying the files could not be extracted.
Check "real folder" : all the files should have disappeared !
Another thing to note : I works from one computer to another.
Create a "bogus" archive in computer A, extract it in computer B.
If computer B happens to have the same folders as the links contained inside
the archive, they will also be emptied.
(There goes my backup files by the way -and one chance to recover them. I'm so
happy).
My disc drives are formatted in ext4 if it's of any help.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171236
Title:
file-roller may delete the content of linked folder (?)
Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
(Excuse my english, I'm not a native speaker. I will try to be as
clear as possible).
After attempting to create an archive from folders who where actually
just links, it seems that file-roller deleted all their content.
Here are the steps I did :
- Inside a folder, I had a dozen subfolders. Half of them where just links to
folders placed elsewhere.
- In Nautilus, I selected all these subfolders, choosed "compress", then
choosed "zip" as the format.
- The archive was created without any error message.
I was expecting all the folders to be added to the archive, regardless
of them being links or not.
The disastrous result :
- The archive is unusable. Attempting to expand it results in an error
message (I didn't take note, but it was something generic saying the archive
couldn't be expanded).
- But more importantly, the content of the folders who where linked has
disappeared. That is, the links are still here, the folders which they link to
are still here, but they have been emptied.
The files are not in the dustbin, they just disappeared.
I noticed this right after I created the archive, I didn't touch my computer
in-between.
That's why I suspect file-roller.
I will try to reproduce this bug in order to confirm it.
But not before I find a way to recover my files, I lost a week of work
because of this.
Ubuntu 12.10 x64
file-roller 3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.1
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