Message-Id: <199403190438.XAA13629@postoffice3.mail.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 23:38:16 -0500
To: uri@bunyip.com
From: Scott W Brim <swb1@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Unresolved URL issues
Folks, I admit I've been skipping lightly through the mail on FTP URLs,
but ... why does the URL have to model the file system of the server?
I have only touched the web for a matter of months but I've been
designing protocols for years, and it is always a good idea to decouple
the protocol used to express a wish from the mechanism by which that
wish is fulfilled. Let the URL contain symbols which signify a
directory change, say "/", and let the action to be taken on such a URL
be completely the server's business, for example whether to do multiple
CWDs or not. If this is a clue-challenged newbie attitude, just don't
reply.
Thanks ... Scott