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Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 12:34 am
Do any of you techy people know what this is? I'm trying to apply for this amazing job, and I'm trying to upload a cover letter from Word, but the file extension starts with "fakepath". I'm afraid to submit because I don't want the file to be broken or whatever.
Can anyone help?
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 12:51 am
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2015 at 12:53 am by SteelCurtain.)
The 'fakepath' attribute is just a security/privacy thing that browsers like IE and Opera use to hide your file directory tree from online submission forms.
Basically it would hide the "C:\Users\Becca's Shit\" portion from any file submission modules.
It should be fine.
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 12:52 am
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2015 at 12:53 am by rexbeccarox.)
So I can send it that way? It just makes me nervous...
Edit: I use Chrome.
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 12:53 am
Yep. If it cannot access the file, most file submission modules will let you know with an error message.
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 12:54 am
Ok, thanks, M
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 12:57 am
The file seemed to go through fine. Fingers crossed!
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 1:05 am
Good luck
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 1:09 am
Thanks, Kit!
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RE: Fakepath?
November 22, 2015 at 1:17 am
Thanks, D!
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