134143 - In HTTP file upload, allow use of "~" on UNIX platforms

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 76968

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Matthew Cline]

On UNIX type platforms, it should be possible to say "~/foobar" when specifying
a file to upload.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

dup of bug 93141?
Related: bug 82851, bug 76968.

Comment 2

[benc]

I think you could transmit that (might need to be escaped) to the ftp server and
see if it works. That might be dependent on the server (did we have this
conversation before in another ftp bug?)

Comment 3

[Matthew Cline]

I was talking about HTTP file upload, like when uploading an attachment to
Bugzilla; I've changed the summary to be more specific.  When I, say, upload
a patch to Bugzilla, I'd like to be able to enter "~/diff.txt" as the file
name, rather than "/usr/home/matt/diff.txt".

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This is form submission.

Comment 5

[Alexandru Savulov]

setting priority/milestone

Comment 6

[Alfonso Martinez]

*** Bug 142012 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[John Keiser (jkeiser)]

Darin: this seems like a good idea.  Should this be handled in
nsILocalFile::InitWithPath or by its caller?

Comment 8

[Darin Fisher]

hmm... it probably does make sense to push this into nsLocalFileUnix.  it would
have to be translated immediately using the directory service.

Comment 9

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

I agree, which is why I checked in the fix for bug 76968 in June.  Is it not
working?

Comment 10

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

Attachment: test

Comment 11

[timeless]

the reporter didn't include a build id or a platform.

both of these bugs were filed before this was fixed by bug 76968. there have
been two comments in this bug since it was fixed, but both were general guesses.
I see no reason for this bug to remain alive, and shaver's surprise indicates it
works for him. kail's attachment was a test to verify that it works.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 76968 ***

Comment 12

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

Actually, my surprise didn't indicate anything of the sort: I have never tested
using ~ in file upload.  But if it works, it works.