# Re: FTP URL mapping

Mitra (mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us)
Thu, 3 Mar 1994 22:28:57 GMT

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    From: mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us (Mitra)

    Subject: Re: FTP URL mapping

    Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 22:28:57 GMT

    Message-Id: <CM414A.Iy6@pandora.sf.ca.us>

Keith is of course correct, that a precise spec for retrieving the file
requires a step by step process. However - there is another
consideration, these URL's are generated by humans as often as by
machines, and most humans dont know how to retrieve files from their own
ftp servers - they just know where the file is.

If anyone believes this is simple, I suggest looking at the gopher->ftp
gateway, which has to special case for about 10 different ftp
implementations.

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