Re: Windows and .url files and nsILocalFileWin

Christian Biesinger wrote:

> Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>
>> I assume that's not covered by the existing symlink stuff on nsIFile?
>
>
> No, because the current symlinking stuff is for a localfile->localfile 
> mapping; while the code I propose is for a localfile->any url mapping.


Don't other operating system's have a similar mechanism for representing 
a URI on disk?  Doesn't Nautilus do something like this too?  And what 
about the OSX Finder?  I'm asking because maybe we could put something 
in Necko for this.... maybe we could put a special "Resolve"-like method 
on nsIFileProtocolHandler.  I know Biesi suggested this as "the 
location" earlier, and I thought it wasn't such a great idea at the 
time, but now I'm not so sure it wasn't a good idea.... Thoughts?

Darin