# Re: a better ftp URL

Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 29 Nov 1993 11:34:32 PST

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    Subject: Re: a better ftp URL

    From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>

    Message-Id: <93Nov29.113434pst.2732@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    Date: 	Mon, 29 Nov 1993 11:34:32 PST

I have a slightly different issue with FTP urls, which is the 'to CD
or not to CD' question.

For some anonymous FTP servers, given

ftp://host.blah.blah/a/b/c/d/e

you're better off doing a

cd a/b/c/d
get e

while with others, you're better off doing

get a/b/c/d/e

while, for some, you're supposed to do

cd a
cd b
cd c
cd d
get e

Should the FTP URL be able to distinguish between these cases?

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