Public bug reported: Nautilus seems to ignore hidden file (files with a dot before the name) size in "contents:" field inside "Basic" tab of directory properties. You can simply test this by creating, for example, 1gb file inside a directory and re-naming with a "." (dot) in front of its name. Then you can view, in the directory properties, that disk occupancy ignore the hidden file size just created. This issue was also present in previous ubuntu releases.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 23 00:41:52 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880125 Title: nautilus ignores hidden file size when calculating directory disk occupancy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/880125/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs