To: uri@bunyip.com
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?