258374 - cannot export bookmarks (unless a file by that name already exists)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Ani]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803

if I try to export bookmarks into any file that is not named bookmarks.html then
nothing happens.
it only exports the bookmarks if the export file is called bookmarks.html

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to "Bookmarks / Manage Bookmarks ..."
2. go to "Tools / Export ..."
3. in the "File name:" field enter any file name except bookmarks.html
4. press "Save" button

Actual Results:  
unless the file is called bookmarks.html nothing happens. and the bookmarks
don't get exported.

Expected Results:  
to get a new file with a new filename which will contain the bookmarks.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

WFM with Mozilla build 2004090507 on WinNT4.
Do you see any errors in the JS console?

Comment 2

[Ani]

Actually it exports bookmarks only if the file by that name already exists.
It asks me if I want to overwrite it, and if I say yes then it exports the
bookmarks. If the file by that name does not exist it does nothing.
JavaScript console get the following error message:
Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520006
(NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIRDFDataSource.DoCommand]"  nsresult:
"0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://communicator/content/bookmarks/bookmarks.js :: anonymous :: line 390" 
data: no]
Source File: chrome://communicator/content/bookmarks/bookmarks.js
Line: 390

Comment 3

[karlsen]

Mozilla 1.7.3

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913

I can reproduce this behaviour on my system.

Comment 4

[Tom]

(In reply to comment #2)

I can reproduce this bug with 1.7.2/Linux

Comment 5

[Sterling Stein]

I just got bit by this bug too.
I couldn't export any bookmarks.
Doing
touch file.htm
then exporting again worked.

Mozilla 1.7.3
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040918

Comment 6

[Ani]

this bug has been fixed in firefox

Comment 7

[Tom]

(In reply to comment #6)
> this bug has been fixed in firefox

Does that mean that the mozilla suite browsers also got fixed?

Comment 8

[Jason Bassford]

No specific bug / patch referenced as the fix.

-> WORKSFORME

Plus, the fact that Firefox is now working isn't relevant - unless it was core
code that got fixed - since it wasn't filed under that product.  If anybody can
still reproduce this under SeaMonkey feel free to reopen.

Comment 9

[Jason Bassford]

Test under one of the latest SeaMonkey nightlies...