Re: Re: syntax for URI of files?

Mozilla is showing three slashes before the drive letter, meaning a leading slash before the drive letter. Hmm, and it's showing the colon as-is! IOW, file:///C:/foo.txt.

So, if | is used for :, what's the meaning of : within a URI? I know it's used to separate the original service name from the rest, but don't recall any special meaning on the right side. Is that true for all colons in a file name (on systems where that is a legal part of a name, or has a special meaning to the file system)?

And what do you do about |'s in the name that were there to begin with?

—John

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Re: Re: Re: syntax for URI of files? by hardburn (Abbot) on Mar 06, 2003 at 16:20 UTC
So, if \| is used for :, what's the meaning of : within a URI? I know it's used to separate the original service name from the rest, but don't recall any special meaning on the right side. I don't think it has a special meaning, but it's a reserved character for the entire URI. And yes, many browsers will let you get away with using ':' instead of '\|'. And what do you do about \|'s in the name that were there to begin with? You beat up the person who named a file with a '\|' (: ---- Reinvent a rounder wheel. Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: syntax for URI of files? by Thelonius (Priest) on Mar 06, 2003 at 16:30 UTC
The reason there are three slashes is that there is an optional host name that comes between the second and third slash: e.g. file://novell01/departmentshare/me/myfile.txt	[reply]