UNIX- miljøer er i almindelighed i stand til at linke en fil eller mappe til et separat navn og/ eller placering. Under den anmodede kopiering detekterede KDE et link eller en serie af links der resulterede i en uendelig løkke - dvs. at filen var (måske på en indirekte måde) linket til sig selv.
UNIX environments are commonly able to link a file or folder to a separate name and/ or location. During the requested copy operation, KDE detected a link or series of links that results in an infinite loop - i. e. the file was (perhaps in a roundabout way) linked to itself.