[IPython-dev] Fwd: [ipython] Colons in notebook name causes notebook deletion without warning (#1781)

[Fernando Perez]

Hi all,

I'm going to bed now but wanted to bump this up on the list in case
anyone has a chance to tackle it.  As far as I'm concerned, bugs that
cause complete data loss for users are top priority so I'll do
something about it if needed, but it would be great if someone else
beats me to it :)

Cheers,

f


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From: kinverarity1
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Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:03 AM
Subject: [ipython] Colons in notebook name causes notebook deletion
without warning (#1781)
To: Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com>


If you change the name of a notebook by clicking on the notebook title
in the browser, and the new name includes a colon, the notebook is
"saved" without objection, while in the background the ipynb file is
wiped -- the filename is truncated at the colon and the file is empty.
This is not apparent in the browser until you close the notebook. This
is on Windows.

I discovered this by successively changing the names of a set of 5
notebooks to include colons, and continued to make changes to the
notebooks, saving, etc. Then I closed them and later went to re-open
them to discover everything was gone. There was never any warning at
all while in the browser. Given that there is no warning that the
notebook title == filename and colons are a fairly common character,
this strikes me as a pretty serious issue!

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