Re: URI::URL::rel difficulty

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James Garrison <jhg@austx.tandem.com> writes:

> package URI::URL;
> $VERSION = "4.13";   # $Date: 1997/12/12 09:54:32 $
> 
> I'm trying to write a script to clean up
> a web hierarchy that was coded using all
> absolute URLs.  I run into problems because
> when URI::URL::rel is executed, it does
> not correctly (IMHO) handle cases where
> the given URL diverges from the base at
> the root.  For example:
> 
> $BASE = http://host.domain.com/aaa/bbb/ccc/
> $URL1 = http://host.domain.com/aaa/bbb/ddd/xx.html
> $URL2 = http://host.domain.com/xxx/yyy/zzz/ww.html
> 
> $URL1->rel($BASE) produces ../ddd/xx.html (correct)
> 
> However,
> 
> $URL2->rel($BASE) gives ../../../xxx/yyy/zzz/ww.html
> 
> instead of the more logical /xxx/yyy/zzz/ww.html
> 
> What do you think?

I think rel() does the right thing.  It should give you an relative
link, shouldn't it?

Perhaps we should add a $URL->shortest_possible method that just tries
to minimize the length of the URL.  I'll consider it if somebody
provide an implementation.

Regards,
Gisle

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