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Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 15:53:59 -0400
From: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT cox DOT net>
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Subject: Re: URL paths in setup.exe
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[Resending to list]
Robert Collins wrote:

 >
 >
 >>-----Original Message-----
 >>From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
 >>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:55 PM
 >>
 >>file:///d/foo/bar.txt on Cygwin should work as well depending on the
 >>
 >>
 >cygdrive value. ;) file:///d:/foo/bar.txt should be the
 >
 >
 >>win32 mechanism.
 >>
 >>
 >
 >: has special meaning in url's, which is why MS and netscape use | to
 >represent : for file:// URL's.
 >
I may be wrong, but I think the translation ':'=>'|' is an IETF RFC, not
just a MS/NS trick.  Yes, it is because ':' is reserved.
OBTW, the tripple slash is, I believe, necessary to specify that the
"d|" is *not* an authority.  The "empty" authority means localhost.
Sorry if I'm a little behind.

 >
 >
-- 
David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
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