# Re: FTP URL mapping

Mitra (mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us)
Sat, 5 Mar 1994 20:17:29 -800 (PDT)

- Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
- Next message: Ruediger Volk: "Re: FTP URL mapping"
- Previous message: John Curran: "Re: another way of thinking about ftp URLs"
- In reply to: Mark P. McCahill: "Re: FTP URL mapping"
- Next in thread: Ruediger Volk: "Re: FTP URL mapping"
- Reply: Ruediger Volk: "Re: FTP URL mapping"

    Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 20:17:29 -800 (PDT)

    From: Mitra <mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us>

    Subject: Re: FTP URL mapping

    To: "Mark P. McCahill" <mpm@boombox.micro.umn.edu>

    In-Reply-To: <9403050416.AA13981@boombox.micro.umn.edu>

    Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9403052003.A21096-0100000@pandora.sf.ca.us>

Mark wrote ..
>
> A real problem with the current ftp URL is that it is quite ambiguous.
> A lot of the ambiguity is not necessary. At the time the URL is being created
> it's creator generally knows things like whether to fetch in binary or text
> mode, whether the item being referred to is a document or a directory, etc.
> Since you generally know this information at the time of creating the URL, it
> would be nice if the URL syntax would allow for explicitly stating this sort
> of information.

Mark - just to be clear, I'm in favour of including whether its
directory, text or binary, the latter two are impossible to derive
exactly with even the brightest of clients. I'm only against complicated
directions like cd to here, cd o there, retrieve that.

- Mitra

- Next message: Ruediger Volk: "Re: FTP URL mapping"
- Previous message: John Curran: "Re: another way of thinking about ftp URLs"
- In reply to: Mark P. McCahill: "Re: FTP URL mapping"
- Next in thread: Ruediger Volk: "Re: FTP URL mapping"
- Reply: Ruediger Volk: "Re: FTP URL mapping"