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Re: bug saving attachments



On Jan 15, 2008 2:18 PM, Rocco Rutte <pdmef@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Luciano Rocha wrote:
>
> >I received a file from a friend starting with '-':
> >------=_NextPart_000_1cd4_6abd_704a
> >Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint; name="-Casamento.pps";
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="-Casamento.pps";
>
> >While saving the attachment, mutt prompted for the filename and
> >presented the default of -Casamento.pps, that I accepted:
> >Save to file: -Casamento.pps
>
> >However, it didn't save to that file, but to a file with the '-'
> >replaced to the last folder I was in:
> >~/Maildir/fooCasamento.pps
>
> Umm, that's not a bug but rather a feature. Mutt expands certain
> shortcuts in paths, including '!' ($spoolfile), '^' (current), '='
> ($folder)... and '-' for the last folder opened.
>
> So it's rather undocumented, also see ticket #1719
> (http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/1719).
>
> Saving to \-Casamento.pps should work.
>

Shouldn't mutt prompt for "\-Casamento.pps" instead of "-Casamento.pps" ?

-- 
Francis