[Bug 242426] Re: Ark hangs when file/directory name on NTFS contains a colon

[Thomas Hotz]

Marking this bug as confirmed because it happens to multiple users.

** Package changed: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) => firefox (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Ark hangs when file/directory name on NTFS contains a colon

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “kdeutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  What I did:
  - I installed Kubuntu 8.04 (I always update when Adept_updater suggests it) in parallel with WinXPSP2, which is installed on NTFS partitions.
  - I used Firefox to save some webpages directly on a NTFS partition. These webpages had colons (":") in their title so FF used that as file/directory names. I justed clicked on "save".
  - I right-clicked the directory where I saved all these files an chose compress to ZIP.
  - The Ark status windows comes. It seems like it is proceeding (the rectangle in the bar goes from the left to the right and back all the time) but the hard-drive doesn't do anything.

  In Windows, 7zip says that it can't open that directories. However, I
  can see them in the Windows Explorer but I can't rename them there. I
  have to do that in Kubuntu. When I have removed the colons there by
  renaming, everything works as it should.

  As far as I know, NTFS internally uses a colon to seperate the
  (hidden) ADS part from the rest of the filename.

  I know that Linux and MS are completely different worlds, but in my opionion as user:
  - NTFS-3G shouldn't allow colons in filenames.
  - Applications like Firefox shouldn't suggest names with colons (or should have at least an option in the settings to change that)
  - Ark should abort trying to open these files and notify me.

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