I only see the problem if after the apostrophe there are one or more white spaces. For example, "a'b.txt" is ok, but "a' b.txt" or "a' b c.txt" are not.
It seems that the path gets broken at every white space after the first apostrophe. Gedit, for example, will try to open the following files instead of "/tmp/test' b' c": - "/tmp/test'" (notice the trailing apostrophe) - "~/b'" - "~/c" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048454 Title: [regression] Cannot open files whose paths contain apostrophes Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When the containing directory name contains an apostrophe, launching a file in either the default or a specific viewer fails. For example, I have photos in a directory whose full path is "/media/abentley/ED1T/Pictures/2012/Trisha's 40th birthday". Attempting to launch the file by double-clicking launches Gnome Image Viewer, which errors with "The given locations contain no images." Launching the file in Firefox attempts to load the URL "file:///media/abentley/ED1T/Pictures/2012/Trisha%27s". Launching the file in Chromium attempts to load the URL "file:///media/abentley/ED1T/Pictures/2012/Trisha's" The same problem happens if the filename, itself, contains an apostrophe. Launching "/home/abentley/Music/lossy-copies/Core/Graydon James and the Young Novelists/In the Year You Were Born/01-I Was a Young Man's Son.ogg" starts up Totem, which says "An error occurred: Location not found." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1048454/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
