- From: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:31:35 +0200
- To: uri@w3.org
Graham Klyne wrote:
> Windows:
> Filename C:\foo\bar maps to file:///C:foo/bar
Here, OS/2 and an old Netscape = file:///C:/foo/bar
It's a difference for directories, file:///C: does
not work, file:///C:/ is fine. Going back to the
parent directory fails from a file:///C:foo/
> i.e. prepend "file:///" and map \ to /.
Yes,
> What's missing here?
My browsers also eat backslashes and do the mapping
on their own. Lynx may treat file:/// as ftp:///,
so to be sure I always use file://localhost/
Bye, Frank
Received on Friday, 13 May 2005 11:34:37 UTC