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• From: <Jim_Ravan@avid.com>
• Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:54:25 -0500
• To: www-lib@w3.org
• Message-ID: <85256707.0072D8DA.00@amm02.avid.com>

What is the proper syntax for a file: scheme? I have seen
file:///dir/subdir/file, but I don't understand why there are three slashes
after the initial colon.

Is there anyway to know whether or not the user intends that the beginning
of the path is a physical disk? On a Mac, this matters. On Unix, it's not a
problem, obviously. I expect the answer is "no, other than server
convention".

regards,
-jim

Received on Thursday, 28 January 1999 15:57:43 UTC