Cannot start download because of unspecified illegal characters in file name
ninalanyon opened this issue · comments
Firefox 127.0 (64 bit), WSB 2.9.1
Capture dialog:
Capturing (document) [7] https://similarworlds.com/social/blogs/5035279-Ninas-Blog-Tuesday-18th-June-2024 ...
Saving data...
Fatal error: Failed to download "WebScrapBook/data/similarworlds.com/social_blogs_5035279-Ninas-Blog-Tuesday-18th-June-2024///Nina's Blog - Tuesday 18th June 2024 Tuesday 18th June 2024, 10_41 Just spent an hour leafing... _ Blogs/index.html": Unable to start downloading: filename must not contain illegal characters
The URL of the page I am trying to capture is:
https://similarworlds.com/social/blogs/5035279-Ninas-Blog-Tuesday-18th-June-2024
Using File|Save As works but typically only after retrying.
The problem occurs with all of my blog pages, or at least all those I have recently tried.
Perhaps the error message should include the offending string.
This is an issue of Firefox > 126 (details) when the folder name of a download contains a .
and a space after it.
Some ways to workaround before Firefox is Fixed:
- use a browser other than Firefox > 126
- do NOT set
Save captured data to: Scrapbook folder
- do NOT set
Save captured data as: Folder
- config a filename without the affected char(s)
What worked for me was just dropping the %title% from the "Filename to save:" setting. I changed from:
%source-host%/%source-pathname%/%source-search%/%source-hash%/%title%
to
%source-host%/%source-pathname%/%source-search%/%source-hash%
Thanks for the suggestions.