207304 - If attached file is a link, filename is incorrect

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Attachments, defect)

Description

[Henry Throop]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507

If a file to be attached to a mail message is a symbolic link (in Linux), then
the filename which Mozilla displays is that of the target file (linked-to),
*not* the file which the user has selected.  The user may have no idea that the
file they chose is a link, and may wonder why they select one filename, but an
often very-different filename is displayed by Mozilla.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a symbolic link (e.g., ln -s file file_link)
2.Attach file_link from the 'Attachments:' window.
3.Mozilla 'Attachments:' window says that 'file' is being sent, not 'file_link'

Actual Results:  
Attached file properly, but with wrong name.

Expected Results:  
Should use name of file selected.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.