Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] fault in Dialogue "File Open Recent..."

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 22:05:46 +0200
Herbert Lischka wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I found a fault in Dialogue File Open Recent..:
>
> My chosen filename was  "xyz#3.log" I can open it and I can see it in
> "File Open Recent..."
> If I leave Ethereal and start it again I can see "xyz" but not the
> rest and get "Error opening file".
> If I change the filename to "xyz3.log" it's ok, It is the '#' in the
> filename that is not accepted.
>
> Compiled with GTK+ 2.6.4, with GLib 2.6.3, with libpcap 0.8.3, with
> libz 1.2.2,
> with libpcre 5.0, without UCD-SNMP or Net-SNMP, without ADNS.
>
> Running with libpcap version 0.8.3 on Linux 2.6.11.4-20a-smp.
>
Hi!

I would guess that's because the filename is stored in the recent file
and handling this file will see # as a start of a comment.

You might file this as a minor bug in bugzilla:
http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla

Regards, ULFL