Creating a folder and a file with the same name in a folder is not allowed. The reason is that a folder is a special type of a file, i.e it's a file including the file mode bit d. Also see e.g http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_file_types
Thus, this does not work touch ~/Downloads/test mkdir ~/Downloads/test an nor does this mkdir ~/Downloads/test cat > ~/Downloads/test Ctrl+D Marking the bug invalid. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910936 Title: Folder and File of same name cannot coexist in a directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/910936/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs