Rename folder with leading [dot]
Moderators: Hacker, petermad, Stefan2, white
Rename folder with leading [dot]
If i want to rename a folder "Misc" to "Misc..." using [Shift]+[F6]
i receive a message :
a folder with the name
<PATH TO>\Misc.. already exist
Do you want to move....
Folder Misc.. does not exist.
If i want to rename a folder "Misc..." to "Misc.." using [Shift]+[F6]
In the folder name the latest dot is missing.
when i validate i receive a message with :
Error Cannot read <PATH TO>\Misc..
i receive a message :
a folder with the name
<PATH TO>\Misc.. already exist
Do you want to move....
Folder Misc.. does not exist.
If i want to rename a folder "Misc..." to "Misc.." using [Shift]+[F6]
In the folder name the latest dot is missing.
when i validate i receive a message with :
Error Cannot read <PATH TO>\Misc..
We use TC because we know that Explorer have bugs many limitations ! I have some folder created by archive extraction and and i must rename them basically removing or adding dot. For now i can do it using the "msys mv" command.Sir_SiLvA wrote:and this is a TC Bug why? try to do that in explorer...
I admit that is not a good practice to have folder using trailing/leading dot...
Foldernames with a leading dot / with leading dots are not a problem at all. You can find foldernames with a leading dot frequently ... on Linux / Unix systems. And T.C. can handle them without problems.
Foldernames with a trailing dot are a problem, because the rightmost dot in a file/foldername separates the name from the extension. It must not be present in cases where there is no extension. I.e. a dot must not be the last character of a foldername. This is more a Windows convention than a technical necessity.
The trouble arises, because there are Windows API functions and a small number of programmes which break this rule and others which stick to it.
Karl
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Foldernames with a trailing dot are a problem, because the rightmost dot in a file/foldername separates the name from the extension. It must not be present in cases where there is no extension. I.e. a dot must not be the last character of a foldername. This is more a Windows convention than a technical necessity.
The trouble arises, because there are Windows API functions and a small number of programmes which break this rule and others which stick to it.
Karl
nsp trying to rename "misc" to "misc..." gives an error in TC...
![Exclamation :!:](./images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
the difference is TC gives you at least an error message - in Explorer (Windows 7) you dont even get an error message...
Linux allows allot more that the windows filesystem.
Sir_SiLvA wrote:and this is a TC Bug why? try to do that in explorer...
This is NOT a BUG but a FS limitationnsp wrote:We use TC because we know that Explorer have bugs many limitations !
![Exclamation :!:](./images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
the difference is TC gives you at least an error message - in Explorer (Windows 7) you dont even get an error message...
Linux allows allot more that the windows filesystem.
Hoecker sie sind raus!
Can you explain, why it is a limitation as i can have this folder in my hard-drive and do what i want with some command line tool ?Sir_SiLvA wrote:nsp trying to rename "misc" to "misc..." gives an error in TC...
This is NOT a BUG but a FS limitation
On the other hand, TC do not allow to rename "misc..." to "misc" but explorer accept an do it.