[dev] proposal for problematic UNC file url's
Entered as http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=73625 -Background- In Windows, a UNC path to a directory looks like this (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311079): \\server\share\path According to the file URI spec, Windows UNC paths should be accepted as file urls if they are entered like this: file:///server/share/path See http://udk.openoffice.org/cpp/man/spec/uris.html, last section, Hosts; Note however there is a typo in the spec--it says file://somewhere/somedir/file.txt but should say file:///somewhere/somedir/file.txt, with 3 slashes after the file:. UNC's paths however have long been problematic in OOo. See: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=196522 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9018 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=13148 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51026 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=53184 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=56868 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=72031 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=72864 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=73620 Part of the problem would seem to be that in OOo's implementation of file URL's, it cannot be unambiguously determined if the first component of the URL refers to a server or to a directory. For example, in file:///part1/part2/part3 part1 could refer to the directory /part1 on the local files system, or it could refer to the server part1 on the local network. -The Proposal- The submitter proposes that OOo's implementation of UNC file URL's be modified so it can be unambiguously determined if the first part of the path is a local directory or a network server. There are a multitude of syntaxes that could be used. For example: file:///server:share/path file:///server:/share/path file:///server//share/path file:///server/share:path file:///server:share:path file:///server:share:/path file:///server/share:/path What should not be used however, is the current ambiguous implementation file:///server/share/path The author of this proposal has no preference for syntax. Note however that Microsoft's document http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311079 discusses how Netware shares are parsed, and this may enter into the decision. Linux, Solaris and Samba considerations may also enter into the decision. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] proposal for problematic UNC file url's
Allen Pulsifer wrote: Entered as http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=73625 Please see my response there. -Stephan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [dev] proposal for problematic UNC file url's
Hello Stephan, Thank you for your reply. To answer your question, I thought it was a typo for several reasons: 1. In researching http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=73620, I tried four possible syntaxes, file:/, file://, file:///, file: and none of them worked. 2. I found other instances on the OOo website and documentation that list the syntax as file:///. 3. Shoddy and incorrect documentation abound in the OOo project, so this was a reasonable conclusion. In summary, this was not an assumption, it was a conclusion reached based on experience, research and a diligent effort to solve the problem before putting in a bug report. If you are saying that a UNC path is distinguished by having only two slashes after the file:, rather than three slashes, then you are right, it is not ambiguous. I am still glad I raised the issue however, since (a) this needs to be better documented; and (b) based on how well UNC paths do not work in OOo, there seems to be just as much confusion among the developers as the users. Thank you again for your response. Allen -Original Message- From: Stephan Bergmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:27 AM To: dev@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [dev] proposal for problematic UNC file url's Allen Pulsifer wrote: Entered as http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=73625 Please see my response there. -Stephan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
