Re: URL syntax question

Henrik Frystyk Nielsen (frystyk@ptsun00.cern.ch)
Tue, 25 Oct 94 21:24:24 +0100


Hi

They are both correct. This is an error in the Lynx version.

Another question is that I think people should be careful using
pointers to user's home directories. As long as we have to fiddle
around with URLs I think that server administrators have the
responsibility of making as persistent links as possible.

-- cheers --

Henrik Frystyk

> If I start Lynx with the command:
>
> lynx http://www.ucr.ac.cr/~mmagallo/
>
> instead of
>
> lynx http://www.ucr.ac.cr/~mmagallo
>
> everything goes ok.
>
> Now, the question is, wich URL is the right one, the one with the trailing
> / or the one without it? I've read all the URL documentation I know about
> (mostly the documents at NCSA and CERN) and it's not clear (at least to
> me) if that / should or shouldn't be there.