FTP urls
Josh Cohen (josh@netscape.com)
Tue, 6 May 1997 11:48:00 -0700 (PDT)
So,
do most people agree with this?
should a ftp url like:
ftp://host/cwd/cwd/ be terminated with a slash?
meaning that if the last component is a dir and not a 'name'
then it isnt 'complete' and should have the slash,
or that in absence of the slash the final componenent being
a dir, a redirect to the slash terminated URL is prudent ?
ie ftp://host/cwd/cwd/cwd
becomes:
ftp://host/cwd/cwd/cwd/ vie redirect.
Im restating this because I sent the original message with
the wrong subject.
> Josh Cohen wrote:
> > 3.2.2. FTP url-path
> >
> > The url-path of a FTP URL has the following syntax:
> >
> > <cwd1>/<cwd2>/.../<cwdN>/<name>;type=<typecode>
> >
> > Where <cwd1> through <cwdN> and <name> are (possibly encoded) strings
> > and <typecode> is one of the characters "a", "i", or "d". The part
> > ";type=<typecode>" may be omitted. The <cwdx> and <name> parts may be
> > empty. The whole url-path may be omitted, including the "/"
> > delimiting it from the prefix containing user, password, host, and
> > port.
> >
> > The lynx user asserts this to mean "an ftp URL may not be terminated
> > by a slash "
>
> It clearly states that <name> may be empty, and ";type=<typecode>" may be
> omitted, but the slash cannot be omitted (unless the url-path is empty),
> therefore it _can_ end with a slash. QED.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben.
>
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