[Bug 666621] Re: tar.gz stops with error "unable to execute stat no such file or directory" on files like bla%20bla%20bla.jpg

[Phillip Susi]

I see, when the file literally has a %20 in the name, file-roller
converts it to a space before calling tar, which fails since the file
name does not have a space in it.


** Package changed: tar (Ubuntu) => file-roller (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

** Summary changed:

- tar.gz stops with error "unable to execute stat no such file or directory" on 
files like  bla%20bla%20bla.jpg
+ File-roller unescapes %xx sequences in file names before calling tar

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: tar
+ Create a file with a %20 in the name, like "New%20File" ( instead of
+ "New File" ).  Right click and choose compress.  When file-roller calls
+ tar, it errors out saying it can not stat "New File", since the file
+ name is actually "New%20File".
  
- tar.gz stops with error "unable to execute stat no such file or
- directory" on files like  bla%20bla%20bla.jpg
- 
- 
- I back up my files for years now with tar.gz via Nautilus. Since Maverick tar 
fails on a hugh number of files which includes umlauts and %20. Before Maverick 
it worked a 100%.
+ file-roller should not unescape %xx sequences in file names.

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File-roller unescapes %xx sequences in file names before calling tar
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666621
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