Bug report #2217

New vector layer rewrites already existing layer with the same name

Added by dr - about 15 years ago. Updated about 15 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Low
Assignee:nobody -
Category:Data Provider
Affected QGIS version: Regression?:No
Operating System:All Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied: Resolution:fixed
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: Copied to github as #:12277

Description

1) Create new vector layer

2) Type filename at "Filename field" (for example, 'city')

At result existing file with name 'city.shp' will be rewrote without warnings.

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 15 years ago

Confirmed also under linux.

I believe that the description misses to say that "a layer named city.shp already exist" and that the new vector is being saved in the same directory were the layer "city.shp" stay.

#2 Updated by Jürgen Fischer about 15 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

    

  

  























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