380046 - Download manager always adds a .htm extension to a text file without any extension

Status: REOPENED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Piotr]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pl-PL; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070322 KateOS BonEcho/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a5pre) Gecko/20070507 Minefield/3.0a5pre

Download manager always adds a .htm extension to a text file without any extension, usually leading to problems. (try to download "spec" file for any linux app)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. download a file without any extension. Plain text file like text_file_foo

Actual Results:  
File is saved with additional extension appended  , text_file_foo.htm

Expected Results:  
Keep original file without extension , text_file_foo

Comment 2

[u279076]

I cannot reproduce this on Minefield 3.0a8 build 2007080704.  Reporter, do you still see this if you get the latest nightly?

If so, could you please create a test case?  Thanks.

If you do not see this bug anymore, please close this as WORKSFORME.

It will be closed in 2 weeks if there is no response.

Comment 3

[Piotr]

I can reproduce it.

http://vogel.iglu.cz/kadu/notify2/
file "spec" 

When i click on it, it will open this text file in firefox. Then "save as" from menu File will save this file correctly.

But when I click on "spec" with right mouse button and then I will use "save link as..." Minefield will add ".htm"

Comment 4

[[:Aleksej]]

Confirmed comment #3 with
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a8pre) Gecko/2007080704 Minefield/3.0a8pre
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.7pre) Gecko/20070807 BonEcho/2.0.0.7pre

Looks similar to bug 299372.

Comment 5

[Joe Smith]

I can also confirm comment #3 on Ubuntu 7.10 Beta with 
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007100209 Minefield/3.0a9pre ID:2007100209

Comment 6

[[:Aleksej]]

An older report of the same bug: bug 361125.
May be related: bug 332634.

Comment 7

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

Resolving old UNCONFIRMED Download Manager bugs as INCOMPLETE.  If you still see this issue, please reopen.

To mark all these bug changes as read, filter on ONOMATOPOEIA.

Comment 8

[waqas.ilyas]

I am not sure how to reopen this defect, but this is happening on Firefox ver. 36.0.4 for me (on Windows 7 64-bit). My specific case is downloading a "Makefile" which is an attachment to a JIRA bug report.

* If I click the file directly the download dialog shows the document type as HTML
* If I right-click save the link, then in the save dialog I cannot save the file without an extension. It always appends ".htm" even if I choose "All files" in "Save as type:".

Comment 9

[u279076]

If you can provide steps that we can use to reproduce this, including a minimized testcase or URL(s), then I'd be happy to reopen this for you.

Comment 10

[waqas.ilyas]

I am sorry but I am no expert with web development, so here is a simple attempt:

# Open this link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64074498/test/one.html
# Right-click "Makefile" and choose "Save link as..."
# In the dialog, the default filename is "Makefile.txt", which is incorrect
# Remove ".txt" from filename and select "All files (*.*)" in "Save as type:"
# Save the file, and you will see that it still saved "Makefile.txt" instead of just "Makefile"

Hope this helps...

Comment 11

[u279076]

Thanks, those steps reproduce for me but only on Windows. It appears as the Mac and Linux both save the file as "Makefile". Also, Internet Explorer on Windows saves this as a generic file called "Makefile". I believe that's sufficient information to reopen this bug.