147185 - modifying file extensions of files when saving to .exe

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 120327

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[u32858]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc2) Gecko/20020510
BuildID:    200202051013

modifying file extensions of files when saving to .exe
often mpg, tgz, rpm and others get .exe added when i save them from http or ftp
servers

.c files end up .c.txt added etc


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.try to download the above mpg file, it will add a .exe extension
2.
3.

Actual Results:  resistence.mpg.exe etc

Expected Results:  binaries dont have .exe entension on linux anyway, I think
they should be left as they are.

If the file has no extension then perhaps it is appropriate to add an extension
dependent on the mime type sent by the remote host and if it is being displayed
etc. but otherwise file names should not be modifed when saving (thus corrupting
them and meaning i have to change them back)

Comment 1

[Bernard Alleysson]

dup of bug 120327 ?

Comment 2

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 120327 ***

Comment 3

[Arnoud Berendsen]

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