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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Bug#2485: marked as done (Konqueror deletes dir contents instead of symlink)
From:       owner () bugs ! kde ! org (Stephan Kulow)
Date:       2000-02-25 1:18:00
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Subject: Konqueror deletes dir contents instead of symlink
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Severity: critical
Package: Konqueror
Version: 0.2 (CVS 03-01-2000)

Suppose you have a directory and a symlink to this directory:

testdir/
testsym@ -> testdir

If you try to delete the symlink in konqueror it will delete the
contents of testdir/ instead!

The same kind of problem occurs when you try to rename the symlink:
konqueror will copy the entire testdir directory to the new name
instead of renaming the symlink.

When you try to rename a file/directory it first copies the
file/directory and then it deletes the old one. This isn't very
efficient and can cause problems when trying to move a large file/dir on
an almost full filesystem.

Regards,

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