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>"RP" == Richard Pieri <ratinox@unilab.dfci.harvard.edu> writes:

>>>>> "PA" == Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

  PA> Really?  I thought it would refer to the directory `dejanews.com'
  PA> located in the root of the local machine.  

  RP> Really; a local file or directory URL looks like this:
  RP> <URL:file://dejanews.com/>

that's one form.  other valid file urls are:

<URL:file://localhost/dir/file>	this one is valid on any machine
<URL:file:///dir/file>		this one is to be treated the same as
				localhost
<URL:file://dejagnus.com/dir/file>	this one is only valid if
					you're on the machine
					dejagnus.com, otherwise you
					can't access it.

from rfc1738:

3.10 FILES

   The file URL scheme is used to designate files accessible on a
   particular host computer. This scheme, unlike most other URL schemes,
   does not designate a resource that is universally accessible over the
   Internet.

   A file URL takes the form:

       file://<host>/<path>

   where <host> is the fully qualified domain name of the system on
   which the <path> is accessible, and <path> is a hierarchical
   directory path of the form <directory>/<directory>/.../<name>.

   For example, a VMS file

     DISK$USER:[MY.NOTES]NOTE123456.TXT

   might become

     <URL:file://vms.host.edu/disk$user/my/notes/note12345.txt>

   As a special case, <host> can be the string "localhost" or the empty
   string; this is interpreted as `the machine from which the URL is
   being interpreted'.

   The file URL scheme is unusual in that it does not specify an
   Internet protocol or access method for such files; as such, its
   utility in network protocols between hosts is limited.
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