99125 - a nsInputFileStream created from a directory is "open" on linux, but not win2k

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

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we've got some mailnews code that basically does this:

  nsInputFileStream tempFile(fSpec);
  if (!tempFile.is_open())
    return NS_MSG_ERROR_WRITING_FILE;

fSpec is a nsFileSpec that points to the users .signature file.
if the .signature file was a directory, on win2k this would return since is_open
() would return false.  in linux, is_open() would return true, and we'd proceed.

this difference per platform caused bug #97585

Comment 1

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

nsFileSpec is obsolete.  marking wontfix.  Use nsIFile instead.