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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