22306 - Symbolic links to files not working when showing ftpdirectories

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

Symbliclly linked files don't work in ftp-directory view. Mozilla assumes all
symblic links are to directories. Although symblic links looks like files AND
directories (both underlined blue and has a "expand directory arrow") you can't
click it to download.

It would be really neat if mozilla could check each symblic link to see if it
points to a file or a directory. This would preferrably be checked after the
directory was shown, since there could take very long time to check all symblic
links in a long listing. Until a link had been checked it can be shown as it is
now (but clickable in case it points to a file).

Comment 1

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

I'm Using the 1999122023 build on Win98SE.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Write ftp://ftp.scene.org/ in the url box
2. Click on appform.txt to download

nothing happens. Expected to download the file
ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/appform.txt


Sorry for not writing this in the original bug report.

Comment 2

[Judson Valeski]

Mine.

Comment 3

[Judson Valeski]

fix checked in 12/21/99 7:38 pm pac time

Comment 4

[rhp (gone)]

*** Bug 23887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[leger]

sicking, can you mark Verified if all is well for you? Thanks!

Comment 6

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

Works fine now, so marking verified.
I've submitted bug 24389 for my RFE for mozilla to check the type of the
symbolic links.