Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1571806
Title:
Backup files are silently ignored when using certain archive types
Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Depending on the kind of archive you create using file-roller, backup
files (files with a `~` on the end of their names) are included or
ignored. The user doesn't see any warning at all and will probably
only discover this when they try to extract the archive.
# How to reproduce the symptom.
(I'm assuming you're using Nautilus with file-roller integration.)
Create a folder `testFolder` (or any name but I'll use this one to refer to
it) and create a file called `testFile~` in it. Then move to the parent folder
of `testFolder`. Right-click test folder and choose "Compress".
## Correct behavior.
Choose `.7z` as the archive format making it a 7zip archive and click
"Create". The archive will contain the folder `testFolder` and in it the file
`testFile~`.
## Incorrect behavior.
Choose `.tar` as the archive format making it a tarball and click "Create".
The tarball will contain the folder `testFolder` but it will be empty.
Note that this isn't the fault of `tar`. If you create the tarball
from the command line using the command `tar`, `testFile~` will be
included.
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