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Bug 592792 - Colon (":") in Print to File file name gives "The specified location is not supported"
Colon (":") in Print to File file name gives "The specified location is not s...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 676626
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Printing
2.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-08-23 11:42 UTC by Jakob Unterwurzacher
Modified: 2018-03-13 12:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
shot1.png - Print to File dialog (81.29 KB, image/png)
2009-08-23 11:42 UTC, Jakob Unterwurzacher 		Details
shot2.png - error message (76.06 KB, image/png)
2009-08-23 11:44 UTC, Jakob Unterwurzacher 		Details

Description Jakob Unterwurzacher 2009-08-23 11:42:51 UTC 
Created attachment 141487 [details]
shot1.png - Print to File dialog

I use gedit as the example application. In firefox the problem is worse as it
neither prints nor gives an error message.

When trying to use a filename (local ext3 disk) that contains one or more
colons in Print to File (see shot1.png), a dialog pops up, telling you "The
specified location is not supported" (see shot2.png).

Colons in filenames are supported on ext3 and most other linux/unix
filesystems, so we should be able to use them in Print to File filenames.
Comment 1 Jakob Unterwurzacher 2009-08-23 11:44:03 UTC 
Created attachment 141488 [details]
shot2.png - error message

PS: This is on Ubuntu Jaunty, Gnome 2.26.1
Comment 2 Germán Poo-Caamaño 2017-04-28 12:20:18 UTC 
Maybe related to Bug 769649
Comment 3 Daniel Boles 2018-03-13 12:40:01 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 676626 ***