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Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:02:20 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> If it were a directory, it would have a traliing slash and then it would also
> be a shorthand URL for the index page of that directory.
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> I think you're thinking about it too hard.
Heh :)
> If a URL has a trailing slash, it's a directory (or the index page of that
> directory). If a URL has no trailing slash, then it's not a directory, and
> it's a file or page or whatever.
Ok.
> In other words, on NO website ANYWHERE does
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> http://www.foo.com/bar/bletch
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> EVER refer to a directory. It might SEEM like it does, but to think so is
> to be mistaken. The truth is that the server says back, "Uh, you asked for
> /bar/bletch and I don't have a /bar/bletch, but I do have a /bar/bletch/ if
> you'd like that instead. Here is the proper URL -- ask me for it the right
> way and I'll give it to you under the right name."
Alright, I get it.
-Tim
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| (...) If it were a directory, it would have a traliing slash and then it would also be a shorthand URL for the index page of that directory. I think you're thinking about it too hard. If a URL has a trailing slash, it's a directory (or the index (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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