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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Problems with filenames containing a colon ':'
From:       Joachim Eibl <joachim.eibl () gmx ! de>
Date:       2003-11-30 12:01:22
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Hi,

When saving a file in KWrite as "file:test.txt" the "Save-As"-dialog 
interprets this as an URL and the file is actually saved as "test.txt".

Then I tried to save the file as "file%3atest.txt" (expecting an 
URL-transformation of "%3a" into ':') but the file was then saved as 
"file%3atest.txt".

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?

To spare you the question: Why should I want to do this?
A user sent me a bug-report for my program kdiff3, saying that he tried to 
compare and merge the /usr/share/man-directory. This directory is full of 
files containing colons in their filenames, which kdiff3 also interpreted as 
URLs. While fixing that bug, I encountered the problem above.

Joachim

 
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