[ale] bizarre error with thunderbird

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 03/14/2012 08:51 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> On 03/14/2012 08:37 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>> Every once in a while you might get a file name with non-printing
>> characters in it for one reason or another.   When you do ls it shows
>> all files but what is displayed might not be the whole name.   Try
>> running ls -b to see if there are any odd characters in names.
>>
>> Usually you can find enough unique about a file to delete it or
>> rename it.  (e.g. you might be able to see a file with ls -l svn* if
>> it has odd characters after the svn part of the name as implied by
>> your message).  Of course if the odd characters are at the start of
>> the file name you have to work a little harder (e.g. ls -l *n*ssh*
>> might work).
>
> A couple of things that are weird about this.  I found the directory it
> is referencing, but no file of that name is in it.
>
> Secondly, why in the world would thunderbird be attempting to touch a
> file that has to do with subversion?  (svn+ssh..)

Okay, I think I've figured this out.  I only get the popup error when I 
select an email that contains a reference to svn+ssh://...

I guess it's trying to figure out how to handle that as a link in the 
event I select it.

So, would this be considered a bug?


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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