Public bug reported: (Note:- 64bit 12.04 ubuntu (and variants of it) do not exist! So I have had to say that I don't know where I found the bug.)
This looks like a serious bug to me - others have confirmed this by repeating the test below: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12296573#post12296573 *********** Try to make a document link: Open Gedit - copy and paste a few bytes of text - save as 'AA-test' in your document dir. Open Nautilus and check your doc dir - yes it's there. Rclick it - 'make link'. What you now see is a new file called 'Link to AA-test ' - both are the same file size. Dclick the 'Link to' file and delete a couple of bytes (2 characters), and save. My sys is set to make bakups, so I now see: Link To AA-test~_____ 945bytes AA-test____________ 943bytes Link To AA-test______ 945bytes The above is clearly incorrect cos my bakup file is called 'Link To' Now open 'AA-test' directly, and delete 2 more characters and save. I now see: AA-test____________ 941bytes Link To AA-test~_____ 945bytes AA-test~___________ 943bytes Link To AA-test______ 945bytes It seems conclusive that 'make Link' is not functioning correctly. Further tests can be made, eg. rename 'Link To' - 'Linq To'. When you load it in Gedit, top-left informs you are working on 'Linq To AA-test'. Apart from this being confusing...... it looks like instead of having a small link file, my doc, and my bakup doc......... I now have 4 full size docs wasting space on my HDisk. This is surely a bug no? ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066871 Title: The command 'Make Link' creates multiple file copies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1066871/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
