Hi all! I'm wroking on projects using bluefish and other softwares that, before saving changes to files, create a backup file named filename.ext~. Thunar considers these backup files as hidden files (like file with filename begining with a dot) and this behaviour may be dangerous if the user hides hidden files. (Backup files may contain sensible informations and copying entire directories, including backup file, is really dangerous.) So, if possible, I would suggest/ask to include in preferences the possibility to choose thunar behaviour with those files. Many thanks for your attenction and for you work. Sincerelly, Alberto M. Scattolo
Hi. I also want this option. Maybe an option in thunarrc file?
(In reply to comment #1) > Hi. > > I also want this option. Maybe an option in thunarrc file? > I think that probably it may interest more people and implementing it in gtk is not very hard work. I vote for ading it insider settings window but ok, they can put the feature wherever they want :). Anwyay in my opinion do not inform users about the presence of backup file is a BIG risk. I hope someone will consider our opinion. Alberto M. Scattolo
Created attachment 1686 Simple patch for thunar-0.9.0 to not treat backup files as hidden files. thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-types.h: * @THUNAR_VFS_FILE_FLAGS_HIDDEN : The file should not be displayed normally, * but only if the user requests to display * hidden files. Hidden files start with a * dot character ('.') or end with a tilde * character ('~'). Looks like the devs followed a design decision by the gnome people: http://linux.about.com/library/gnome/blgnome6n6r.htm From my experience, backup files created by the system are often hidden files anyway. No offence meant, but they should not mix up hidden and backup files. For this and several other reasons, I despise this behaviour intensely, but fortunately you can get rid of it quite easily. For those interested, here's a simple patch which removes the part with the tilde ending character. No extra option, this would have required more time than I wanted to spend on it.
Hi there! I agree with you, hidden files starting with a dot and backup files are two different things... and they should not get mixed... Anyway thanks for the patch, it's better then having nothing :D Regards Alberto M. Scattolo
Great, this has been fixed in thunar-1.1.5!
Marking as fixed per latest comment.
*** Bug 6871 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***