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Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 15:54
by Ed_P
I have a script that invokes Firefox with a URL that Firefox rejects because the script passes the URL misformed. How do I get the script to pass what I give it?
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firefox "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF" 2>/dev/null &
exit 0
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File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF.
And the reason is the URL in the URL field is:
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
If I manually change the %3F back to ? or manually paste the URL into FireFox's URL field it works fine.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 16:36
by Bogomips
Don't know if this will help:
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guest@porteus:~$ ff='mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF'
guest@porteus:~$ echo $ff
mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
guest@porteus:~$ ls $ff
/bin/ls: cannot access mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ firefox $ff
(process:3903): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed
^C
Couldn't get error msg. Because of 100% cpu, terminated it.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 18:21
by brokenman
Look into escape characters. You need to escape the question mark character.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 18:49
by Ed_P
Thank
Bogomips. I tried that approach but it didn't get far.
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ff="/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF"
echo $ff
firefox $ff 2>/dev/null &
exit
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guest@porteus:~$ weather.sh
"/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF"
guest@porteus:~$ weather.sh
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
And while the variable works FireFox doesn't like it still.
I tried \? and '?'
brokenman but that didn't work either.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 20:18
by Bogomips
Your example uses double quotes ("). How about single quotes (') as in my example?
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 21:45
by Ed_P
Bogomips wrote:Your example uses double quotes ("). How about single quotes (') as in my example?
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ff='/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF'
echo $ff
firefox $ff 2>/dev/null &
exit
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guest@porteus:~$ weather.sh
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
FF URL
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 22:51
by Bogomips
Have script problem somewhat similar to yours. Can get blanks through, but special characters a barrier so far.
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guest@porteus:~$ ff='/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF'
guest@porteus:~$ echo $ff
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
guest@porteus:~$ echo "$ff"
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
Another variant:
firefox "$ff" 2>/dev/null &
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 23:38
by Ed_P
Bogomips wrote:Another variant: firefox "$ff" 2>/dev/null &
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ff='/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF'
echo $ff
firefox "$ff" 2>/dev/null &
exit
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guest@porteus:~$ weather.sh
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
And the FF URL result is the same.
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
In that the echos work OK I'm leaning more toward this being a Linux/Porteus FireFox problem.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 05:00
by Ed_P
I gave up and took a different approach to resolve the problem. I tried ", ', \, \x3F in various combinations and none worked. So I changed the webpage's html code.
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var _parm = location.href;
var _parm = _parm.indexOf("?");
if (_parm != -1) {
_url = 'USNY1645.xml';
}
if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
_url = 'USNY1645.xml';
}
It no longer needs a start parameter when run in Firefox. I hope that option is available to you also
Bogomips.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 19:32
by Bogomips
Ed_P wrote:I have a script that invokes Firefox with a URL that Firefox rejects because the script passes the URL misformed. How do I get the script to pass what I give it?
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firefox "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF" 2>/dev/null &
exit 0
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File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF.
And the reason is the URL in the URL field is:
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
If I manually change the %3F back to ? or manually paste the URL into FireFox's URL field it works fine.
Hi
Ed_P
My script is not to do with FF, but with splitting up big movie files for the cloud.
Ed_P wrote:
In that the echos work OK I'm leaning more toward this being a Linux/Porteus FireFox problem.
Also of that opinion.
Looks like we've been going round the houses. This is URL format:
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
This is same URL
decoded:
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
Yesterday tried:
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guest@porteus:~$ ff='/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF'
guest@porteus:~$ echo $ff
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
firefox $ff
FF decided to create a URL like so:
http://www.mnt.com/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
Today did:
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guest@porteus:~$ ff='/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF'
guest@porteus:~$ echo $ff
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF
guest@porteus:~$ firefox "$ff"
and got something else:
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html?b=FF.
However sometimes a distinction has to be made between CLI in interactive mode and in a script, batch mode, as sometimes programs behave differently depending on the mode.
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guest@porteus:~$ firefox -h
(process:2854): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed
Usage: firefox [ options ... ] [URL]
FF expects a URL. However before surmising a FF defect, FF has to be invoked with a proper URL, where special characters are properly encoded, as opposed to what goes in the
navigator bar.
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ff='file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF'
firefox "$ff"
End of Story.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 02:47
by Ed_P
Bogomips wrote:FF expects a URL. However before surmising a FF defect, FF has to be invoked with a proper URL, where special characters are properly encoded, as opposed to what goes in the
navigator bar.
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ff='file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF'
firefox "$ff"
End of Story.
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ff='/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF'
echo $ff
( firefox "${ff}" 2>/dev/null & )
exit
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guest@porteus:~$ weather.sh
/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF
guest@porteus:~$
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File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF.
And FF's URL box shows:
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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My%20Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%253Fb=FF
What makes this even more interesting, the "?b=FF" URL doesn't work in Internet Explorer either. Remove the "?b=FF" and the URL works fine in IE.
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 03:54
by brokenman
What is the output of:
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xdg-mime query filetype "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF"
gvfs-open "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF"
ls -l "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages"
Re: Script, FF incompatibility
Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 17:20
by Ed_P
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guest@porteus:~$ xdg-mime query filetype "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF"
xdg-mime: file '/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF' does not exist
guest@porteus:~$ xdg-mime query filetype "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html"
text/html; charset=us-ascii
guest@porteus:~$ gvfs-open "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF"
bash: gvfs-open: command not found
guest@porteus:~$ ls -l "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages"
total 1581
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44888 Jul 8 2013 111&110.png*
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Feb 15 2012 Clock/
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 24982 Nov 7 2010 Comics.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 5294 Jul 22 18:20 EdsxoapWeatherData\ -\ Copy.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 5229 Jul 23 00:42 EdsxoapWeatherData.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2077 Jul 8 13:25 EdsxoapWeatherData.xml*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 145 Jul 20 19:05 EdsxoapWeatherDatasites.txt*
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Feb 15 2012 Games/
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 6520 Jul 19 2005 Map.html*
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Feb 15 2012 Moon/
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 115 May 29 19:36 My\ Webpages\ IE\ change.txt*
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 May 16 13:15 RR\ Homepage/
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 690 Jun 22 2011 ResetWndw.htm*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 2019 Aug 26 2007 SkyWatch.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 2167 Oct 18 2008 TWC\ navigation.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 5731 Aug 5 2013 TWC\ weather\ -\ Ed's\ X\ version.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 2478 Aug 28 2012 TWC\ weather\ -\ Ed's\ version.html*
:
etc
:
guest@porteus:~$
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guest@porteus:~$ gvfs -open "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF"
bash: gvfs: command not found
guest@porteus:~$ su
Password:
root@porteus:/home/guest# gvfs -open "/mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My Webpages/EdsxoapWeatherData.html%3Fb=FF"
bash: gvfs: command not found
root@porteus:/home/guest#