Desktop: Folders called with double quotes are not syncing in windowsclients

[chillriver]

Expected behaviour

The windows client should syncing folders with double quotes

Actual behaviour

Folders called with double quotes are not syncing in windows clients, but Linux client can do

Steps to reproduce

1. Online in Nextcloud create folder with double quotes
2. Syncing with desktop-client on windows
3. No folders are showing

Client version: Client 2.6.5
Operating system: Windows 10
Nextcloud version: 18.0.7

[Escubaer]

double quote is a forbidden character in Windows, what do you expect?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1976007/what-characters-are-forbidden-in-windows-and-linux-directory-names

[chillriver]

Thanks for that information and this make sense, but maybe it should be intercepted, because some users don't know this issue by create folders online. They are surprised of lost folders.

[er-vin]

I guess it's captured in the logs, maybe a warning could be shown, might be something for the activity list in upcoming 2.7. If someone is willing to cook a patch for it I can help review.

[sberegszaszi]

Hi,
@chillriver Just asking to clarify, what do you mean by "folders called with double quotes". Do you mean, that they have double quotes in the name, like [This"folder"] for example?

[sberegszaszi]

@er-vin There is a notification in the activity list if files are not synced. Although it does not specify the reason.

Client version: 2.6.5
OS: Windows 10
Server version: 19.0.1

Do you think there should be something more obvious, like a warning, maybe detailing the specific reason?

[er-vin]

Might be a bit hard to be really specific, but at least the current message seems misleading since it's not symlinks or the ignore list in that case...

[sberegszaszi]

I also found several issues addressing the same broader question:

2014

1901

1723

464

[chillriver]

Hi,
@chillriver Just asking to clarify, what do you mean by "folders called with double quotes". Do you mean, that they have double quotes in the name, like [This"folder"] for example?

Yes you are right.

[er-vin]

I also found several issues addressing the same broader question:

2014

1901

1723

464

Thanks, good catch, I'll keep #464 only and close the other ones (including this one)