While I'm at it...(Re: [BUG]? FileDirectory>>directoryContentsFor:)

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Sun Mar 18 16:31:50 UTC 2001


merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote:
> >>>>> "Ted" == Ted Wright <wright at en.com> writes:
> 
> Ted> Does that mean it is impossible to write a relative file URL for 
> Ted> a file on a different host?
> 
> No, because once you've introduced a host, you've started slashing.
> 
>   file://host/this/that/the/other
> 
> is always /this/that/the/other on host.  No way to get a relative name.
> 

Is there really a use for such URL's?  They always struck me as a
pointless hack.  After all, what does such a URL mean?  Does it mean to
use ftp?  Then use an ftp URL instead!

-Lex





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