426458 - Files not saved with correct file extension in some circumstances

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Dan Browne]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030317 Firefox/3.0b4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030317 Firefox/3.0b4

Suresh (not registered)

If I click on a pdf file with a name such as

0803.1234

then Firefix 3.0b4 (OS X) does not recognise it as a PDF file. Seems it is seeing the .1234 extension and overruling the mime type? I checked with Safari and it has no problem recognising the file.

This happens with many recent PDFs at

http://arxiv.org/

where their filenaming scheme is as above.

This affects both directly viewing or saving. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. http://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.1729 
2.Choose Save file when given the option
3. File should be saved with pdf extension but is not
Actual Results:  
File saved as 0709.1729

Expected Results:  
File saved as 0709.1729.pdf

Save file as 0709.1729.pdf

Comment 1

[Paul]

It seems to work fine with FireFox 3.0.1

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.