Re: File info on files with funky characters in their names

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2003

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 49846
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texte = Thanks, Scott. You're right, [url] works when you use the file= label on the parameter. And I remember now that [redirect] works the same way - you can't use [url] unless you use url= on the parameter.It still doesn't work for files with quotes in their names though, and your explanation falls a bit short on this one. Colons are not legal filename characters on some file systems, too, but they work fine.I can control the file names with some case-specific coding - replace quotes with %22 whenever the user saves, copies or renames a file or folder - but only if the files are created using my tool. If they put the files online using FTP or a mounted server volume, I may be left with files I can't work with properly.A fix to allow [fileinfo file=[url]12paddle.txt[/url]] to work would be helpful (though my tool needs to work under older versions of WebDNA as well) - other commands such as [renamefile] do work with such file names.- brianOn Monday, April 28, 2003, at 05:05 PM, Scott Anderson wrote:> This works:>> [fileinfo file=[url]a&b.txt[/url]]>>>> Is there a reason that [fileinfo] cannot see files with quotes?> Quotes are not legal filename characters on some file systems.>>>> -----Original Message----->> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of>> Brian Fries>> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 4:39 PM>> To: WebDNA Talk>> Subject: File info on files with funky characters in their names>>>>>> I'm working on a generic file upload page for a client, and>> was testing>> for robustness for users entering obscure characters in their file>> names - ampersands, quotes, equal signs, etc. I found some>> interesting>> info about [fileinfo] and wanted to pass it on, as well as request>> comment from SMSI...>>>> Unlike all (that I've tried) other WebDNA tags, FileInfo does>> not work>> properly when you [url] the parameter.>>>> Given a file named a&b.txt, using [fileinfo a&b.txt] works fine, but>> using [fileinfo [url]a&b.txt[/url]] fails to find the file.>> Other tags,>> such as [include [url]a&b.txt[/url]] work fine with the [url].>>>> Then I tried quotes. I can [writefile file=[url]12paddle.txt[/url]],>> and I can use deletefile and renamefile on the file, but I cannot see>> the file with either [fileinfo 12paddle.txt] or [fileinfo>> [url]12paddle.txt[/url]]>>>> For SMSI: Is this intentional behavior? Is there a reason that>> [fileinfo] does not perform the implied [unurl] that all>> other tags do?>> Is there a reason that [fileinfo] cannot see files with quotes?>>>> TIA,>> Brian>> -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- >> http://www.brainscansoftware.com>> ---------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: File info on files with funky characters in their names (Brian Fries 2003)
Re: File info on files with funky characters in their names (Scott Anderson 2003)
File info on files with funky characters in their names (Brian Fries 2003)

Thanks, Scott. You're right, [url] works when you use the file= label on the parameter. And I remember now that [redirect] works the same way - you can't use [url] unless you use url= on the parameter.It still doesn't work for files with quotes in their names though, and your explanation falls a bit short on this one. Colons are not legal filename characters on some file systems, too, but they work fine.I can control the file names with some case-specific coding - replace quotes with %22 whenever the user saves, copies or renames a file or folder - but only if the files are created using my tool. If they put the files online using FTP or a mounted server volume, I may be left with files I can't work with properly.A fix to allow [fileinfo file=[url]12paddle.txt[/url]] to work would be helpful (though my tool needs to work under older versions of WebDNA as well) - other commands such as [renamefile] do work with such file names.- brianOn Monday, April 28, 2003, at 05:05 PM, Scott Anderson wrote:> This works:>> [fileinfo file=[url]a&b.txt[/url]]>>>> Is there a reason that [fileinfo] cannot see files with quotes?> Quotes are not legal filename characters on some file systems.>>>> -----Original Message----->> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of>> Brian Fries>> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 4:39 PM>> To: WebDNA Talk>> Subject: File info on files with funky characters in their names>>>>>> I'm working on a generic file upload page for a client, and>> was testing>> for robustness for users entering obscure characters in their file>> names - ampersands, quotes, equal signs, etc. I found some>> interesting>> info about [fileinfo] and wanted to pass it on, as well as request>> comment from SMSI...>>>> Unlike all (that I've tried) other WebDNA tags, FileInfo does>> not work>> properly when you [url] the parameter.>>>> Given a file named a&b.txt, using [fileinfo a&b.txt] works fine, but>> using [fileinfo [url]a&b.txt[/url]] fails to find the file.>> Other tags,>> such as [include [url]a&b.txt[/url]] work fine with the [url].>>>> Then I tried quotes. I can [writefile file=[url]12paddle.txt[/url]],>> and I can use deletefile and renamefile on the file, but I cannot see>> the file with either [fileinfo 12paddle.txt] or [fileinfo>> [url]12paddle.txt[/url]]>>>> For SMSI: Is this intentional behavior? Is there a reason that>> [fileinfo] does not perform the implied [unurl] that all>> other tags do?>> Is there a reason that [fileinfo] cannot see files with quotes?>>>> TIA,>> Brian>> -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- >> http://www.brainscansoftware.com>> ---------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Brian Fries

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