-Paste file in folder with trailing space in name

Post by *white » 2013-11-27, 20:51 UTC

Bug also in TC 8.01

* create folder "test"
* Use Shift+F6 to rename folder "test" into "test \"
* Select a file and press Ctrl+C (copy file)
* Go to folder "test " and press Ctrl+V (paste file)
* Now the file is copied to folder "test " OK, but also folder "test" is created
* Go to folder "test " and press Ctrl+V (paste file) again
* Now the file is copied to folder "test" not "test "

Tested using Windows XP. Explorer also automatically creates folder "test", but never puts the pasted file in this folder.

Sir_SiLvA · Post by *Sir_SiLvA » 2013-11-27, 21:04 UTC

the only bug here is that tc doesnt changes "test \" to "test\"...

Horst.Epp · Post by *Horst.Epp » 2013-11-28, 11:47 UTC

I'm wondering why peoble try to create problems by adding traling spaces to names. Thats useless and gives many problems.
I suggest that TC just ignores such spaces.

wanderer · Post by *wanderer » 2013-11-28, 13:34 UTC

Horst.Epp wrote:I'm wondering why peoble try to create problems by adding traling spaces to names.

Many times this happens by accident. I frequently press \ by mistake as my hand reaches to press ENTER... This can happen with space too. I agree with Sir_SiLvA though:

Sir_SiLvA wrote:the only bug here is that tc doesnt changes "test " to "test"...

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2013-11-28, 15:41 UTC

Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V is Explorer (OLE2) - and it does NOT support trailing spaces. Nothing I can do, sorry.

siealex · Post by *siealex » 2013-11-28, 21:42 UTC

Windows does not support trailing spaces at all. The best decision would be to deny using them completely.

Post by *white » 2013-11-28, 23:44 UTC

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315688/en wrote:Folders or files that contain leading or trailing spaces are acceptable in NTFS; however, these files are not acceptable in the Win32 subsystem. Therefore, neither Windows Explorer nor a command prompt can reliably handle files that have leading or trailing spaces.

Fact is that file and folder names with trailing spaces can and do exist on NTFS partitions. They can be created by hackers, viruses, buggy programs, the user, other systems like a Mac client. The user could also be accessing a NTFS drive from whatever device not using Windows. Why shouldn't there be trailing spaces. I expect a filemanager to perform file management operations like copying, deleting, renaming and moving on NTFS drives as good as it possibly can.

By the way. On Windows XP's command prompt I can create a folder with trailing spaces like this: md "folder "