- From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 16:42:26 +0100 (BST)
- To: josh@netscape.com
- Cc: masinter@parc.xerox.com, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Josh Cohen wrote: > 3.2.2. FTP url-path > > The url-path of a FTP URL has the following syntax: > > <cwd1>/<cwd2>/.../<cwdN>/<name>;type=<typecode> > > Where <cwd1> through <cwdN> and <name> are (possibly encoded) strings > and <typecode> is one of the characters "a", "i", or "d". The part > ";type=<typecode>" may be omitted. The <cwdx> and <name> parts may be > empty. The whole url-path may be omitted, including the "/" > delimiting it from the prefix containing user, password, host, and > port. > > The lynx user asserts this to mean "an ftp URL may not be terminated > by a slash " It clearly states that <name> may be empty, and ";type=<typecode>" may be omitted, but the slash cannot be omitted (unless the url-path is empty), therefore it _can_ end with a slash. QED. Cheers, Ben. -- Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435 Email: ben@algroup.co.uk Freelance Consultant and Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472 Technical Director URL: http://www.algroup.co.uk/Apache-SSL A.L. Digital Ltd, Apache Group member (http://www.apache.org) London, England. Apache-SSL author
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