I made further tests, and I could reproduce this bug on another computer
(with the same setup).
It happens when you attempt to extract the archive containing linked folders.
Here are the exact steps to reproduce this bug :
1- Create a folder, say "container"
2- Inside, create another folder, say "real folder"
3- Place some files inside this folder (a week worth of precious work for
instance. ah ah!)
4- Create a link of this folder in nautilus (right clic -> create a link)
It should look like this :
-container
|_real folder (with files inside)
|_link to real folder
5- Create an archive from "link to real folder" (a zip in my test)
6- Extract that archive anywhere you want.
You will get an error message saying the files could not be extracted.
Check "real folder" : all the files should have disappeared !
Another thing to note : I works from one computer to another.
Create a "bogus" archive in computer A, extract it in computer B.
If computer B happens to have the same folders as the links contained inside
the archive, they will also be emptied.
(There goes my backup files by the way -and one chance to recover them. I'm so
happy).
My disc drives are formatted in ext4 if it's of any help.
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