Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Backup files are silently ignored when using certain archive types
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