Re: client local file system access issues

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 18:06:06 --100
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From: "Daniel W. Connolly" <connolly@hal.com>
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In message <9402161651.AA19639@honk.cs.utk.edu>, Reed Wade writes:
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>Is the 'file' URL documented anywhere?
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Yeah, it's in the URL spec. But it's somewhat muddled.

Here's what I suggest we standardize on:

1. ftp://host/dir/dir/dir/file
	and we define the semantics in terms of the FTP RFC
	and/or the MIME ftp access-type.

2. local-file:/dir/dir/dir/file
	and
   local-file://host/dir/dir/dir/file
	again, see the MIME RFC for interpretation

And we support, for backwards compatibility

3. file://host/dir/file.ext
	which means "try local-file, then ftp or rcp or whatever
	other hacks are locally available"

Dan