Re: Auto-Download tags/function?

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 12:20:52 +0200
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Phill Hallam-Baker said:
> SYNTAX !!!
> 
> scheme://host/dir/dir/dir/file;atts  !!!!
> 
> NO NO NO NO NO  !!!!
> 
> It breaks on any system with version numbers. The semicolon is used on
> most systems.

Doesn't matter.  Semicolon is a reserved character in the URL grammar; if you
want it to represent itself in a filename you need to escape it.
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<A HREF="http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/mvanheyn.html">Marc VanHeyningen</A>