Re: client local file system access issues

Daniel W. Connolly ([email protected])
Wed, 16 Feb 1994 18:06:06 --100


In message <[email protected]>, Reed Wade writes:
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>Is the 'file' URL documented anywhere?
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Yeah, it's in the URL spec. But it's somewhat muddled.

Here's what I suggest we standardize on:

1. ftp://host/dir/dir/dir/file
and we define the semantics in terms of the FTP RFC
and/or the MIME ftp access-type.

2. local-file:/dir/dir/dir/file
and
local-file://host/dir/dir/dir/file
again, see the MIME RFC for interpretation

And we support, for backwards compatibility

3. file://host/dir/file.ext
which means "try local-file, then ftp or rcp or whatever
other hacks are locally available"

Dan