[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2217: New vector layer rewrites already existing layer with the same name

[Quantum GIS]

#2217: New vector layer rewrites already existing layer with the same name
--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------
        Reporter:  dr                                         |         Owner:  nobody       
            Type:  bug                                        |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |     Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
       Component:  Data Provider                              |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                             |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                             |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  No                                         |   Status_info:  0            
--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------
Changes (by lutra):

  * platform:  Windows => All

Comment:

 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.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2217#comment:1>
Quantum GIS <http://qgis.org>
Quantum GIS is an Open Source GIS viewer/editor supporting OGR, PostGIS, and GRASS formats