226177 - Downloading the file with the same filename from the internet and the destination directory (harddrive), Firebird overwrite the file in harddrive without asking for action

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 227282

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[CH Chan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031026 Firebird/0.7

I would like to download a file from the internet (eg.foo.pdf).
I set the "Download Folder" in preference to the desktop or other place. (eg.
/users/hello/desktop)
Supposed I have a file with the same name of the desired download file in the
download folder and the content is different to the internet one. (ie
/users/hello/desktop/foo.pdf)
Firebird won't ask for action before overwrite the file in HD with the internet
downloaded one.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Produce a file named with the same name of the file desired to download
2. Place it in the "download folder" specified in preference
3. Download the file from the internet


Actual Results:  
File in the Harddrive is overwrited with the file downloaded

Expected Results:  
Firebird should ask for action before overwrite the file with the same filename.
Or, like Safari in OS X, should rename the file accordingly. (eg. foo.pdf foo
1.pdf, foo 2.pdf)

Comment 1

[Hermann Schwab]

Was the local file foo.pdf in the download folder *before* you started the
download of another foo.pdf, or did you copy it *while* downloading from the
internet?

Comment 2

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

Bug 215194 is about this, but it's supposedly fixed. It WFM on my WinXP, maybe
just a Mac thing.

Comment 3

[CH Chan]

Local file foo.pdf is located in the download folder before download is started.
Example site to verify this bug.
a. http://www.sciencedirect.com
download the pdf version of the journal, since the filename of journals are
always named as "science". IT have high chance to be overwrite for multiple
download.
b. http://www.apple.com
download dmg from their site.

Comment 4

[Ali Ebrahim]

Am marking this as a dupe of the newer bug 227282 because that's filed against
the new download manager.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 227282 ***