From general-return-4769-apmail-xml-general-archive=xml.apache.org@xml.apache.org Tue Aug 14 17:48:43 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-xml-general-archive@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 63851 invoked by uid 500); 14 Aug 2001 17:48:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: general@xml.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 63820 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2001 17:48:42 -0000 Message-ID: <3B79648D.3A10C978@sun.com> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:49:01 -0700 From: Edwin Goei X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: XML help needed References: <20010806224032.33040.qmail@web12101.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N Shane Curcuru wrote: > > Brief rules: > -- the file: scheme, when referring to a file on the local machine > (i.e. you don't really care about the host) will always start with > "file:///", and then with an absolute path as defined by the local > environment. I'm trying to figure out what this means for UNIX > systems, which would seem to have abs paths of "/usr/foo", which means > a URL thereon would be "file:////usr/foo", which seems to choke a lot > of programs. Hmmm, 4 slashes... I would expect that for unix systems, where there is no drive letter, a file "/usr/foo" would be referred to as "file:///usr/foo". Three (3) slashes, instead of 4. -Edwin --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: webmaster@xml.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@xml.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@xml.apache.org