Closed Bug 275086 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Absolute path not allowed for servers.pab.filename pref.

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

x86
Windows 98
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143451

People

(Reporter: cdillon, Assigned: mscott)

Details

In Thunderbird's prefs.js, "ldap_#.servers.pab.filename" cannot be set to an
absolute path, at least on Windows.

The following relative (to the profile dir) paths DO work:
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "folder\\abook.mab");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "..\\abook.mab");

But these absolute paths DO NOT work:
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "\\folder\\abook.mab"); 
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "D:\\folder\\abook.mab"); 

It is possible to use an absolute path to relocate Firefox's bookmarks (pref
"browser.bookmarks.file").  The behaviour for the Thunderbird address book path
preference should mirror the behaviour of Firefox's bookmarks path preference.  
Ideally, all preferences referencing file names and locations should accept
absolute paths since users may wish to relocate other files as well.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143451 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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