# Re: Unresolved URL issues

David Robison (robison@nwnet.net)
Mon, 7 Mar 1994 09:21:05 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 09:21:05 -0800 (PST)

    From: David Robison <robison@nwnet.net>

    Subject: Re: Unresolved URL issues

    To: Alan Emtage <bajan@bunyip.com>

    In-Reply-To: <9403070507.AA26431@mocha.bunyip.com>

    Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9403070959.A12035-0100000@norman.nwnet.net>

Rather than adding "file" or "directory" to the URL, perhaps this could
be designated by the absence or appearance of a final "/"?

as in:

ftp://host.name/binary/pub/docs/ [directory]
ftp://host.name/binary/pub/docs/README [file]

Would this be ambiguous on some systems?

David

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