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Bug 753880 - xmlFileOpen() can't open file://host/path
xmlFileOpen() can't open file://host/path
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: libxml2
Classification: Platform
Component: general
git master
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Daniel Veillard
libxml QA maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-08-20 13:36 UTC by Joerg
Modified: 2021-07-05 13:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Patch for xmlIO.c (551 bytes, patch)
2015-08-20 13:36 UTC, Joerg 		none Details | Review

Description Joerg 2015-08-20 13:36:24 UTC 
Created attachment 309719 [details] [review]
Patch for xmlIO.c

When trying to open a network (UNC) file "file://host/path" und Windows (-D_WIN32), xmlFileOpen_real() tries to open "/host/path" on Windows and "//host/path" otherwise.

Opening "//host/path" on Windows would succeed.

I fixed the problem with a fourth comparison:
    } else if (!xmlStrncasecmp(BAD_CAST filename, BAD_CAST "file://", 7)) {
        /* Windows UNC path needs to start with // */
#if defined (_WIN32) || defined (__DJGPP__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
	path = &filename[5];
#else
	path = &filename[5];
#endif

libxml2-2.9.2 with MinGW-gcc-4.8.5.
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