Downloads of zip files of the same name will be overwritten with the content of previously downloaded files.
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(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)
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(Reporter: tastenplayer, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:67.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/67.0
Steps to reproduce:
I wanted to download a Template - Zip file
Because always the wrong content was included - I opened a topic in the WWB forum
https://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&p=425551&sid=224b66bf0844970f40d2e68b0fc12f45#p425551
Because I thought that the computer could be schluld (Win10) I cleaned it and deleted all old graphic_artist files.
Actual results:
When I opened the download, it always contained the contents of the previous download (older file with different contents).
Expected results:
It cannot be that new downloads are overwritten with the content of old downloads.
It cannot be that new downloads are overwritten with the content of old downloads. Not even if the name of the file is exactly the same, i.e. without an additional version name.
I first thought of a Win10 problem, then of 7-Zip's guilt.
Since a download with Opera gave me the correct file, it seems to be definitely Firefox 67.0.1 (at least under Win10).
Previously, Firefox did not have this problem on the same computer.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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I forgot to mention that I cleared Firefox's cache umpteen times. Nevertheless the old style version was included in the download. I had deleted everything. So also the saved cookies, form data, etc.
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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Hi, usually when downloading the same file multiple times, the new downloads are stored with an increasing number appended to the file name, like "download (1).zip", "download (2).zip"... and so on.
Do you have the "always ask me" option set for downloads, and you choose to overwrite the existing file?
For now I'm duping to bug 1472482, because it's pretty much the same problem.
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Comment 3•5 years ago
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I deleted everything with the same name. So the download was not named download (1).zip, because there was no saved download with the same name anymore. Nevertheless the content existed with the old files instead of the new ones.
I haven't changed anything in the browser, I've never done anything before. It always worked that way before.
Yes you're right, I should have continued writing in the other bug, because it's practically the same. My mistake, sorry.
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