With KDE Kate on Windows, can someone confirm whether “Find in Files” can search within a network path that is selected as the root for the search?
With “Find in Files”, I have not figured out how to get Kate to search within a network path for a SMB Share, when the root of the search path is specified as a UNC path. I’ve tried with and without “Follow symbolic links”.
Alternatively, when specifying a local machine directory as the root of the search, e.g., ‘C:\local_dir’, Kate does follow symbolic links to network paths. But I want the search root to be a network path.
An alternative that does not work: When selecting a sub-directory via the symbolic link path via “Open file dialog”, after selection Kate replaces the symbolic link path (e.g., ‘C:\local_dir\sym_link\sub-dir’) with the network path, but then fails to search within the network path (e.g., ‘//a-local-server/sub-dir‘), as described below.
Steps to Recreate:
KDE Kate on Windows 11 Version: 26.03.80 x86_64 and various previous versions.
For “Find in Files”, the Folder specified is a UNC path: //A-LOCAL-SERVER/dir-name
Current Kate Response: Shows message: “Search was not started as directory ‘/dir-name’ to search in doesn’t exist.” Note: The local server name does not appear in the message.
Preferred Kate Response: Search files within the specified network path, similarly as if the specified path were a local machine path, with and without symbolic links.