lynx-dev Avoiding redirects (was: dev.24 Archive link runaround)

[Webmaster Jim]

On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 12:51:02PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> 990426 Larry Virden wrote: 
> > 990425 Philip Webb wrote:
> >> please show me a case of  2  URLs which differ only in a final  /
> >  http://www.perl.com/CPAN/  and  http://www.perl.com/CPAN
> well yes, what you get from them is different,

This can be distilled to a bandwidth conversation issue, which Lynx
users and developers can understand. Asking for a directory without
the trailing slash will cause the server in many cases to generate a
redirection. Lynx then asks the server for the correct URL. Using the
correct URL yourself cuts down on extra network traffic and server
overhead.

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<http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/db/users/us/md/lib/bcpl/jspath/face.xbm>
<http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=%22web+home+for+jim+spath%22>
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