Closed Bug 169704 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

file:// scheme requires disk or volume name in Mac OS X

Categories

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 140606

People

(Reporter: matisse, Assigned: asa)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910

(This may not be Mac OS X specific but I have only tried it in OS X and Windows
XP. Works OK in XP)

For some reason Mozilla on Mac OS X requires that you include the disk/volume
name in the URL.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter the following URL:

file:///Library/Documentation/Commands/grep/grep_1.html


Actual Results:  
Nothing happens

Expected Results:  
Mozilla should display the file.

Work-around:

Include the name of your primary disk/vlume, for example if your primary volume
is "MyDisk", then this URL will work:

file:///MyDisk/Library/Documentation/Commands/grep/grep_1.html
Chjanges sample URL so it doesn't use the Developer tools.
URL: file:///Developer/Documentation/READM... → 2. That should work, displaying a hel...
Buts. URL field in the bug report got messed up. Hopefully i just fixed it.
Sorry for the extra verbiage.
URL: 2. That should work, displaying a hel... → file:///Library/Documentation/Command...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140606 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
VERIFIED/dupe:
If you want to avoid this problem, try Chimera.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: Browser-General → Networking
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