Closed Bug 415473 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

tilde (file://~/) does not show home directory of the user but the root

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
File Handling
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 93141

People

(Reporter: hans, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071204 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071204 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.11

URL file://~/
shows root directory.
Expecting showing of current logged user's home directory.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to file://~/

Actual Results:  
root directory

Expected Results:  
home directory of current logged user

Probably some short cut for ~/Desktop directory would be useful.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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