Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird
When saving attachments to a FAT32 or an NTFS partition, Thunderbird duplicates file name endings. E.g. it saves "draft.doc" as "draft.doc" on EXT3/EXT4, but as "draft.doc.doc" on FAT32/NTFS. I have my Thunderbird profile on a Linux/Windows shared FAT32 partition, but I also checked it with a temporary profile on the main EXT4 partition. So the bug really seems to be in the portion of the software that saves attachments to disk. Kind of a workaround: If anyone needs a workaround for large numbers of attachments, here's a very primitive one: * go to the folder where the double named attachments are * $ rename -v 's/(\.\w{3}\w?){2}$/$1/' * This looks for 3 or 4 character long file name endings that are duplicated and removes one copy. I saved this single line 'script' in a file and installed it to /usr/local/bin as an executable ($ sudo install yourfilename /usr/local/bin). Now I can just cd to the concerned folder and say my magic word (the name of the script), voilĂ . ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Nov 19 09:40:58 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.3) Package: mozilla-thunderbird (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- Thunderbird saves double attachment file name endings on FAT32 and NTFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs