Script, FF incompatibility

[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.

[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.

[brokenman]

Look into escape characters. You need to escape the question mark character.

[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.

[Bogomips]

Your example uses double quotes ("). How about single quotes (') as in my example?

[Ed_P]

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

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file:///mnt/sda5/Users/Ed/My

[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 &

[Ed_P]

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.

[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.

[Bogomips]

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.

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.

[Ed_P]

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.

[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"

[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#