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On 2006-08-02T13:50:07+00:00 Bill+mozilla-bugzilla wrote:

HFS doesn't permit a file to have a '.' character in the initial
position.

This should be removed for the user attempting to save a file.  I happen
to know about OS9 drivers so it only took me 30 seconds to figure out
why the 'Save' button wasn't lit up, but it's not terribly obvious for
the typical user.  It would be good to filter this (and any other
illegal characters) for the user.

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On 2006-08-02T13:52:37+00:00 Bill+mozilla-bugzilla wrote:

Oops - spazzed...

tested on Firefox 2.0b1

Steps to Reproduce:
1: Load URL with . as initial character of last part (see URL field)
2: Attempt to Save Page As...

Actual Results:
Save button not lit up.  Removing the . allows the Save button to light.

Expected Results: 
Filter the illegal character for the user


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On 2006-08-02T16:03:27+00:00 Mark Mentovai wrote:

Which OS?  On 10.4, the standard dialog doesn't prevent you from saving
a file whose name begins with a dot.  You'll be warned, complete with
poor wording and punctuation, after clicking Save:

| Names that begin with a dot “.” are reserved for the
| system.  If you decide to go ahead and use a name
| which begins with a dot the file will be hidden.
|                                  (Cancel)  (Use “.”)

Cancel is the default (responding to Return and Escape), Use is focused
(responding to Space).

It's probably still a good idea to not suggest names beginning with a
dot anyway.

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On 2006-08-02T16:04:22+00:00 Mark Mentovai wrote:

Stripping leading dots from the suggested filename should probably be
cross-platform.

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On 2006-08-02T20:03:08+00:00 Jruderman wrote:

See also bug 290720.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1023012/comments/4

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On 2006-08-04T23:58:22+00:00 Bill+mozilla-bugzilla wrote:

(In reply to comment #2)
> Which OS?  

10.3

So on 10.3 they won't work, on 10.4 and other unixes they'll be hidden -
anybody know what happens on Windows?  I don't mind if somebody makes
this cross-platform;  I just don't have a strong feeling one way or the
other.

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On 2006-08-04T23:59:26+00:00 Bill+mozilla-bugzilla wrote:

(In reply to comment #4)
> See also bug 290720.

Security bug? (access denied)


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On 2006-08-05T01:34:20+00:00 Jruderman wrote:

Yes, bug 290720 is a security bug.

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On 2007-04-17T18:50:08+00:00 Gavin Sharp wrote:

Created attachment 261821
remove leading dot before saving (landed on trunk and branches, bug 304345)

Got r=mano over IRC. I'll fix the other part of this, which is to remove
leading dots in the prompt, separately.

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On 2007-04-17T19:17:52+00:00 Gavin Sharp wrote:

Comment on attachment 261821
remove leading dot before saving (landed on trunk and branches, bug 304345)

I think it would be good to get this fix on the branches, as well.

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On 2007-04-17T23:16:36+00:00 Dveditz wrote:

Comment on attachment 261821
remove leading dot before saving (landed on trunk and branches, bug 304345)

approved for 1.8.0.12 and 1.8.1.4, a=dveditz

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On 2007-04-17T23:22:55+00:00 Neil-httl wrote:

I know IanN likes our filename generation code ;-)

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On 2007-04-18T20:02:03+00:00 Gavin Sharp wrote:

Landed that patch on the branches.

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On 2007-04-25T18:33:15+00:00 Dveditz wrote:

Adding the fixed1.8.0.12 and fixed1.8.1.4 to reflect the fact that the
patches in this bug landed, but it doesn't actually fix the described
bug so leaving open on trunk for a better fix.

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On 2007-12-01T13:46:40+00:00 Sgautherie-bz wrote:

Created attachment 290983
(Bv1-SM) Port to SeaMonkey <contentAreaUtils.js> [Checkin: Comment 16]

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre)
Gecko/2007120103 SeaMonkey/2.0a1pre] (nightly) (W2Ksp4)

Successfully tested with <http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.const/.article_13A> + 
Ctrl+S,
by temporarily commenting out |if (!aDefaultExtension) ...|.

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On 2007-12-01T15:57:51+00:00 Sgautherie-bz wrote:

Created attachment 290989
(Cv1-SM-18) Port to SeaMonkey branch [Check-in: Comment 24]

Same as Bv1-SM, but /xpfe instead of /suite.

"approval1.8.1.12=?":
Actually, I'm looking for SeaMonkey Council approval ... but there's no flag 
for that :-/

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On 2007-12-01T21:01:43+00:00 Reed Loden wrote:

Bv1-SM:

Checking in suite/common/contentAreaUtils.js;
/cvsroot/mozilla/suite/common/contentAreaUtils.js,v  <--  contentAreaUtils.js
new revision: 1.151; previous revision: 1.150
done

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On 2007-12-02T13:37:11+00:00 Sgautherie-bz wrote:

(In reply to comment #13)
> [...], but it doesn't actually fix the described bug so leaving
> open on trunk for a better fix.

What are the remaining bug and wanted behavior ?
Would moving |if (!aDefaultExtension) ...| after the regexs fix this bug ?
(The first regex was added there in bug 290381...)

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On 2007-12-02T16:09:22+00:00 Kairo-kairo wrote:

Does that mean I can't just go straight in and download a .htaccess file
provided on some site to some collection of web pages I (or a user) am
creating for my personal homepage? Actually, I'd consider _that_ a bug.

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On 2007-12-02T17:02:49+00:00 Sgautherie-bz wrote:

(In reply to comment #18)
> Does that mean I can't just go straight in and download a .htaccess file

It depends on what your "that" refers to:
*The current patch ? It seems not to modify such filenames ("without 
extension"): see comment 14.
*The whole bug ? I don't know yet: see comment 17.

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On 2007-12-03T00:36:37+00:00 Jruderman wrote:

Robert, I imagine you'll have to add the dot yourself.  I don't think
that's too much to ask.

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On 2007-12-03T12:27:56+00:00 Kairo-kairo wrote:

It's broken behavior, and there are all kinds of sample dot-files with
settings for Linux/Unis programs around that people now have to fix up
and novices will not realize that, esp. as the documentation on the
websites for what to do with them won't mention that as they are
offering the file with the dot after all.

IMHO this is a bad regression in behavior, and unless there is a huge
security problem with saving dotfiles, I don't think it's a solution to
anything but some obscure, probably old filesystem for a single
platform, like mentioned in comment 0 - an initial dot is a standard
thing to have on unix-based OSes, like OS X or Linux.

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On 2007-12-03T16:46:20+00:00 Gavin Sharp wrote:

(In reply to comment #21)
> IMHO this is a bad regression in behavior, and unless there is a huge security
> problem with saving dotfiles

Perhaps not a "huge security problem", but bug 304345 was the original
motivation for fixing this bug.


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On 2007-12-03T17:09:07+00:00 Kairo-kairo wrote:

Comment on attachment 290989
(Cv1-SM-18) Port to SeaMonkey branch [Check-in: Comment 24]

OK, the argument derived from the other bug that I could be convinced with is 
actually that those downloaded files end up hidden, which makes a bad user 
experience if the user doesn't know what he's doing ;-)
approval-seamonkey1.1.8=me due to that, please add the fixed-seamonkey1.1.8 
keyword when it's landed. Probably we even should relnote that.

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On 2007-12-03T22:24:23+00:00 Reed Loden wrote:

Cv1-SM-18:

Checking in xpfe/communicator/resources/content/contentAreaUtils.js;
/cvsroot/mozilla/xpfe/communicator/resources/content/contentAreaUtils.js,v  <-- 
 contentAreaUtils.js
new revision: 1.134.2.6; previous revision: 1.134.2.5
done

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On 2007-12-04T01:21:46+00:00 Gavin Sharp wrote:

If I recall correctly, I left this open because the original request was
to strip the leading dot before prompting, instead of before saving, but
we only implemented the latter. If what we're doing now is properly
removing the dot in the suggested filename for the filepicker then this
can be resolved.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1023012/comments/25

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On 2009-08-26T13:32:33+00:00 Jo-hermans wrote:

*** Bug 512676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1023012/comments/26

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On 2010-12-13T21:29:20+00:00 Timur Tabi wrote:

What is the status of this bug?  I just tried several times to save a
file called ".pwclientrc", only to wonder why I couldn't find it.  After
a few minutes, I noticed that the file was saved as "pwclientrc".  The
problem is that the save-as dialog box specifically said ".pwclientrc"
(with the leading dot).

The current behavior is, IMHO, seriously broken.  If we want to solve
the problem in bug 290720 (which I can't view, so I don't know what the
problem actually is), we should at least change the filename in the
dialog box.  If I change it back to add the leading dot, then Seamonkey
should save it with the dot.

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** Changed in: firefox
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: firefox
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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