Closed
Bug 120999
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
Local files should not be downloaded before passing them to helpers
Categories
(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, enhancement, P4)
Core Graveyard
File Handling
Tracking
(Not tracked)
mozilla1.0.1
People
(Reporter: jasonb, Assigned: law)
References
Details
(Keywords: arch, perf)
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.7+) Gecko/20020117 BuildID: 2002011703 When browsing the local filesystem via Mozilla, "file:///", and clicking on a link, Mozilla should not download the file to its cache prior to piping it to its helper application, but should send it to the helper application directly via the OS's internal mechanisms. There's no reason for the redundant download when Mozilla already knows exactly where to find it on the local hard drive. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use file:/// to browse your local hard drive to a very large file that a helper application would view. (Such as a large movie file.) 2. Double-click on the file. 3. Observe that it "Saves" the file to cache rather than simply opening it up directly. Actual Results: Downloads the file to cache. With large files this can take a very long time. Expected Results: Should not "download" the file at all since it's *already* on the local hard drive and Mozilla ought to know exactly where to find it (since you've already browsed to it.) Mozilla should not be downloading to cache any file from the local filesystem.
Comment 1•23 years ago
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I could have sworn this was already filed, but I can't find it... The problem is that the code doing the downloading has no concept of the original url. All it has at that point is a data stream...
Comment 3•23 years ago
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How is this affecting performance exactly? Resummarizing to reflect the real issue.
Blocks: 59932
Summary: Localhost filesystem should not "download" to cache. → Local files should not be downloaded before passing them to helpers
Comment 4•23 years ago
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Copying file from HDD to another (place on) HDD takes some (not small) time. BTW huge file this bug could also fill up whole HDD.
Updated•23 years ago
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QA Contact: sairuh → benc
Mozilla is not a file manager, I don't think. We have other things that have priority over this.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Priority: -- → P4
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.0.1
Comment 7•23 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 73757 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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