In trying to browse my local file system via file: URLs, I have encountered directories that Mozilla (M10 through M13 at least) persistently refuses to list completely. All the entries displayed are correct, but many files simply don't show up. The effect seems to be name-sensitive rather than content-sensitive, based on tests of rearranging files in such directories. So I am including a complete, precise example here. For example, here is the directory /archive/los-angeles/ on my system: drwxr-xr-x 7 burchard burchard 1024 Jan 16 01:16 ./ drwxrwxr-x 2 burchard burchard 1024 Jan 28 17:11 apt/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 burchard burchard 26128 Nov 21 05:15 candy-kids.htm -rw-rw-r-- 1 burchard burchard 19256 Oct 23 01:48 drew-lausd.htm -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 19783 Apr 12 1999 fifth_street_dicks.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 44893 Dec 27 1998 home.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 37078 Dec 17 1998 home.plain.gif -rw-rw-r-- 1 burchard burchard 16238 Jan 16 01:16 la-downtowns.jpg drwxr-xr-x 2 burchard burchard 1024 Mar 6 1999 lake-arrowhead/ -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 58755 Mar 13 1999 los-angeles.4.gif -rw-rw-r-- 1 burchard burchard 3085 Jan 14 04:09 malibu-history.htm -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 20665 Apr 20 1999 malibu.3.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 7314 Apr 20 1999 malibu.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 33611 Apr 13 1999 mulholland.2.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 32820 Apr 20 1999 pacific_palisades.gif drwxrwxr-x 12 burchard burchard 1024 Nov 19 02:16 pollution/ drwxrwxr-x 2 burchard burchard 1024 Oct 21 02:07 quake/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 burchard burchard 12667 Dec 29 21:55 san-gabriel-fire-helo.jpg -rw-rw-r-- 1 burchard burchard 46736 Sep 4 01:39 santa-monica.2.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 31050 Nov 25 1998 santa-monica.gif drwxr-xr-x 5 burchard burchard 1024 Mar 6 1999 transit/ -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 24109 Dec 27 1998 ucla.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 41089 Dec 27 1998 venice.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 56164 Nov 25 1998 westside.3.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 burchard burchard 42006 Nov 25 1998 westwood.gif But here is how Mozilla displays file:///archive/los-angeles/ : drew-lausd.htm 19256 10/23/99 01:48:32 AM home.gif 44893 12/27/98 12:38:58 PM home.plain.gif 37078 12/17/98 08:17:46 AM > lake-arrowhead 1024 03/06/99 02:04:52 AM los-angeles.4.gif 58755 03/13/99 02:59:22 PM mulholland.2.gif 33611 04/13/99 03:11:16 AM > quake 1024 10/21/99 02:07:13 AM santa-monica.gif 31050 11/25/98 04:51:28 PM > transit 1024 03/06/99 01:58:16 AM ucla.gif 24109 12/27/98 11:59:14 AM venice.gif 41089 12/27/98 12:06:26 PM westside.3.gif 56164 11/25/98 05:30:48 PM westwood.gif 42006 11/25/98 05:10:30 PM (By the way, unlike in Netscape, none of this text is selectable!) To verify that the problem is sensitive to names rather than file contents, for example, rearranging the directory like this: mv santa-monica.gif foobar mv pacific_palisades.gif santa-monica.gif and reloading, gives the following results: The set of file names listed in Mozilla do not change ("foobar" does not appear), but the stats for "santa-monica.gif" are correctly updated, and clicking on "santa-monica.gif" displays the updated contents (both corresponding to the former pacific_palisades.gif).

Marking this a Duplicate of 17586 - [DOGFOOD] file:// directory listing doesn't reflect reality *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17586 ***

verified dupe.... looks the same