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Thunar cannot handle copying file names with the bar (|) character to usb dri...
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RESOLVED: INVALID

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Description podderka 2009-01-09 15:50:26 CET
When copying a file name that contains a bar character, like "file | name.txt", to a USB drive the following error appears:

Failed to copy "/home/podderka/dump/file | name.txt" to "/media/disk/docs/file | name.txt".
Failed to open "/media/disk/docs/file | name.txt" for writing (Invalid argument).
Do you want to skip it?

I assume the reason is because the bar acts as a pipe.

To reproduce error:
1. Create file on hard disk with the name containing '|' (without the quotes).
2. Copy file to USB drive.
Comment 1 Benedikt Meurer editbugs 2009-01-09 16:17:10 CET
No, I'd guess you're using a FAT32 file system for the USB drive, which cannot handle file names with certain characters.
Comment 2 Nick Schermer editbugs 2012-09-26 14:18:14 CEST
Please reopen if this is still an issue with the latest Thunar release.

Bug #4792

Reported by:
podderka
Reported on: 2009-01-09
Last modified on: 2012-09-26

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Assignee:
Jannis Pohlmann
CC List:
2 users

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