ID 270548 - Katana no longer expands environment variables used in File Browser quicklinks

Problem summary:

Within the File Browser introduced in Katana 2.5v1 quicklink environment variables are no longer expanded by default, as the old File Browser used to do. This means that loading a quicklink path via KATANA_FILEBROWSER_QUICKLINKS formed using environment variables will fail to work.

Customer reported version

2.5v4

Customer reported platform

Linux

Steps to reproduce:

1. set a quicklink path via the KATANA_FILEBROWSER_QUICKLINKS environment variable prior to launching Katana: (make sure bash does not expand your variables)
   i.e. export KATANA_FILEBROWSER_QUICKLINKS='/tmp/$USER/katana/'
2. launch Katana 2.5v1 or later
3. go to File->Open and under Favorites you should see your 'katana' quicklink entry. Clicking it does nothing.
4. launch Katana 2.1v5
5. go to File->Open and under the Quick Links File Browser section you can see an entry for /tmp/$USER/katana. Clicking it will expand the USER environment variable and open the expected path location.

Expected behaviour:

Quicklink paths formed using environment variables should be expanded by the File Browser in Katana 2.5.

Actual behaviour:

Quicklink paths formed using environment variables are expanded by the File Browser in Katana 2.1 but no longer work from Katana 2.5 onward.

Workaround:

No known workaround.

Reproduced by support:

Reproduced on Linux CentOS 6 using Katana 2.5v1 and 2.5v4. Not reproduced in Katana 2.1v5.