Major bug in file naming (hidden files + variable suffix at the end!) on a Veracrypt drive about curtail

[Huluti]

Sorry @PrSunflower. You did a really great job in explaining the problem.
I haven't looked yet due to a serious lack of time on my part and it's not a problem that affects many people. Even though I understand that it must be annoying for you.
Thanks @ARAKHN1D for taking an interest! 🙏

[PrSunflower]

Hello, just to say that I offer my help 🙂

If you need to test things, I can do it on my PC and share the results with you. (Also, I speak French, if it's easier for you 😉 )

[PrSunflower]

Hello, Curtail is a great tool and I would love to provide some help to solve this issue.

The bug is still forcing me to rename the files manually on my Veracrypt partition on Curtail 1.9.1:

prs@PC:/media/veracrypt1$ find . -type f
./IMG_20240528_164648_2.jpg            <<< Original files
./IMG_20240528_164655_2.jpg
./IMG_20240528_164709_3.jpg
./IMG_20240528_164711_1.jpg
./IMG_20240528_164731_2.jpg
./IMG_20240528_164755_4.jpg
./.xdp-IMG_20240528_164648_2-min.jpg-zzKpjw    <<< Compressed by Curtail
./.xdp-IMG_20240528_164655_2-min.jpg-SZNzBz
./.xdp-IMG_20240528_164709_3-min.jpg-2TtwHL
./.xdp-IMG_20240528_164711_1-min.jpg-1lXrdH
./.xdp-IMG_20240528_164731_2-min.jpg-ckjCHG
./.xdp-IMG_20240528_164755_4-min.jpg-Nlos9k

[ARAKHN1D]

Does this happen with all image types, or only JPGs?

[PrSunflower]

Hi @Huluti , thank you for your message, I totally understand 🙂

Hi @ARAKHN1D , thanks for your help. Yes, it seems to happen to all image types :

Linux Home Dir - not affected by the bug :

<<< Original files : >>>

prs@PC:~/Curtail test HOMEDIR$ find . -type f
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp
./JPGs/DSC00065.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335.JPG
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius.png

<<< After compressing with Curtail : >>>

prs@PC:~/Curtail test HOMEDIR$ find . -type f
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu-min.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors-min.webp
./JPGs/DSC00335-min.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00065.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00065-min.JPG
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius-min.png
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius.png
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83-min.png

Veracrypt encrypted partition :

prs@PC:/Curtail test VERACRYPT$ find . -type f
./JPGs/DSC00065.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335.JPG
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius.png
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp

prs@PC:/Curtail test VERACRYPT$ find . -type f
./JPGs/.xdp-DSC00065-min.JPG-aNQAWn
./JPGs/.xdp-DSC00335-min.JPG-Wl1KaA
./JPGs/DSC00065.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335.JPG
./PNGs/.xdp-50_years_logo_Mauritius-min.png.tmp-9RiVUc
./PNGs/.xdp-Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83-min.png.tmp-ySGnhb
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius.png
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
./Webp/.xdp-ZULU Album 1 - Zulu-min.webp-PFty2i
./Webp/.xdp-ZULU Album 3 - United Colors-min.webp-5zVGki
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp

⚠️ I just found a workaround! ⚠️

The bug happens when I drag-and-drop my pictures from GNOME Files (Nautilus) into the Curtail window, but I just noticed that if I use the "Bulk Compress Dicrectory (Recursive)" feature inside Curtail, every file is named correctly!

prs@PC:PC/Curtail test VERACRYPT Bulk$ find . -type f
./JPGs/DSC00065.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335.JPG
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius.png
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp

prs@PC:PC/Curtail test VERACRYPT Bulk$ find . -type f
./JPGs/DSC00065-min.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00065.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335-min.JPG
./JPGs/DSC00335.JPG
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius-min.png
./PNGs/50_years_logo_Mauritius.png
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83-min.png
./PNGs/Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu-min.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors-min.webp
./Webp/ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp

So for now, I can use Bulk Compress to avoid having corrupt filenames 🙂

[ARAKHN1D]

Hm. Seems like the issue is either with dragging and dropping or non-recursive compression. Do filenames still get corrupted for you if you turn off recursive compression in settings and drag and drop a folder?

[PrSunflower]

Hi @ARAKHN1D , errrr since the folder contains folders and not pictures, Curtail's GUI just displays a blank window.

What do you want me to do? Here is the structure of my test folder:

prs@PC:/media/veracrypt1/DOWNLOADS$ tree "Curtail test VERACRYPT"
Curtail test VERACRYPT
├── JPGs
│   ├── DSC00065.JPG
│   └── DSC00335.JPG
├── PNGs
│   ├── 50_years_logo_Mauritius.png
│   └── Red Moon Desert 2021 - By atoms83.png
└── Webp
    ├── ZULU Album 1 - Zulu.webp
    └── ZULU Album 3 - United Colors.webp

4 directories, 6 files

[ARAKHN1D]

Curtail showing an empty window is a bug being tracked in #231. That happened because recursive compression was off, so only the inputted folders contents was searched, and not the nested folders. I would appreciate it if you could take the files out of the nested folders so it looks like this:

Curtail test VERACRYPT:
    FILE
    FILE
    FILE
    (etc...)

Then, I'd like you to turn recursive compression off, and drag and drop that folder into Curtail. This should hopefully allow us to determine the root cause of the issue.