On 2002.01.20 01:10 Christopher Rued wrote: >> Is this a "bug" with Mozilla not recognizing that the file being >> "downloaded" is local? Is it a bug with Apache? Is it a combination >> of >> the two? I'm just wondering if a) there are any settings I can change >> in Mozilla (or Apache) to modify this behaviour should I be looking >> at >> my local filesystem, b) if I should create a bug on the topic >> (assuming that it's Mozilla related), or c) if there's simply nothing >> that can be done about this... > > To Mozilla, and to Apache, visiting http://localhost/ is no different > than > visiting any other host. Apache serves the file, Mozilla downloads > the file. > If instead of visiting http://... you pointed your browser to c:\... > I imagine > (I have not confirmed this) that the file would be sent straight to > your helper > application.
I stand corrected. Even if you point the browser directly at a local file, (e.g., /home/chris/big_file.au) it tries to download it. This, to me, appears to be a bug. I checked bugzilla, and was not able to find an existing bug that matches this one. Anyone else? -- Chris
