id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	branch_state	votes
4247	Cannot go up a level when an upper directory has been deleted	birdie		"Steps to reproduce

* mkdir -p /tmp/1/2
* navigate to /tmp/1/2 in MC
* rm -rf /tmp/1
* try to go up a level in MC -> Error ""Cannot change directory""

To be honest I don't know what the best solution could be. I just don't like the fact that the user is stuck in this situation. Of course you can type ""cd /some/other/dir"" but many don't know about it. You can also exit MC.

Maybe MC could show a prompt, ""MC cannot go up a level, do you want to enter the root directory instead, Yes/No"".

Or maybe try going even higher-level directories but that's a recipe for disaster. Imagine it's a deep network path, /mnt/net/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 and each attempt of opening a directory could lead to a 2 minutes time out - not good."	defect	new	trivial	Future Releases	mc-core	master						no branch