Bug 587853 (Gnucash 2.3.1 transaction log open fails) possibly solved

[Mike Alexander]

I think this is the correct change, or maybe look for "file://" only. 
I believe that the prefix for the file URL scheme is defined to be 
"file://" not "file:".  The prefix for http is "http://"

           Mike

--On July 8, 2009 10:34:57 PM -0400 James Raehl <jimraehl at raehls.us> 
wrote:

> Has anyone noticed that Windows (at least) Gnucash 2.3.1 hasn't been
> generating transaction log files for XML databases?  If you update a
> data file DATA.XML, Gnucash 2.2.9 creates DATA.LOG and backs up to
> DATA.XAC.  2.3.1 for Windows didn't create the log files.
>
> I noticed a similar bug with the new "File" type for File > Open, per
> http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/18178 -- an error message
> appeared with the filename prefixed with // and the file was not
> opened.
>
> It appears that in src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c, the filename
> input to routine xccResolveFilePath is of the form
> "file://path/filename", where "file://" appears to be a filetype tag.
> The routine deletes "file:" but leaves the "//".  Gnucash then tries
> to open "//path/filename".  This also happens for xml:// files.
>
> I changed the code in my source copy to check for "file://" and get
> rid of the "//" too if found.  Both bugs now seem to be solved.
>
> The fixed fragment for "file://" is (a similar one for XML):
> if (!g_ascii_strncasecmp(filefrag, "file:", 5))
> {
>     LEAVE("filefrag is file uri");
>     if (!g_ascii_strncasecmp(filefrag, "file://", 7))
>       return g_strdup(filefrag + 7);
>     else
>       return g_strdup(filefrag + 5);
> }
>
> I don't know if my solution will cause other problems, since I don't
> know the intricacies of the file tags.  I don't know if there are
> similar problems elsewhere that need to be fixed.  Any suggestions
> are appreciated.
>
> Jim Raehl
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