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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 60904] New: HTTP KIO slave's stat always returns that a file
From:       Leif Huhn <leif () dkstat ! com>
Date:       2003-07-08 4:54:22
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60904     
           Summary: HTTP KIO slave's stat always returns that a file exists
           Product: kio
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: http
        AssignedTo: bastian@kde.org
        ReportedBy: leif@dkstat.com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.2)

The http KIO slave doesn't even bother determining if a file exists in stat if not \
using webdav.

Ideally it should check.

If it doesn't check, then it should at least do the same thing the FTP KIO slave does \
when the server is braindamaged.  The FTP KIO slave does:

QString statSide = metaData(QString::fromLatin1("statSide"));
if ( statSide == "source" )
{
    kdDebug(7102) << "Not found, but assuming found, because some servers don't allow \
listing" << endl;  // MS Server is incapable of handling "list <blah>" in a case \
insensitive way  // But "retr <blah>" works. So lie in stat(), to get going...
    //
    // There's also the case of \
ftp://ftp2.3ddownloads.com/90380/linuxgames/loki/patches/ut/ut-patch-436.run  // \
where listing permissions are denied, but downloading is still possible.  \
shortStatAnswer( filename, false /*file, not dir*/ ); }
else
{
    error( ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, path );
}

For my application returning that a file *doesn't* exist is a more sensible default.


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