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Re: LYNX-DEV /foo/.. ?
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Benjamin C. W. Sittler |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV /foo/.. ? |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Nov 1996 09:59:03 -0700 (MST) |
On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Wayne Buttles wrote:
> Can someone explain the /foo/.. hack for me in htftp.c, htfile.c and
> html.c?
Here's my understanding (could be flawed):
the following FTP command:
cd /
may not be equivalent to
cd /
cd foo
cd ..
(or cd /foo/..)
because of symbolic links. We don't have this problem with HTTP, really,
but we do with Unix filesystems, which is why I'm guessing it's in htfile
too.
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- LYNX-DEV /foo/.. ?, Wayne Buttles, 1996/11/02
- Re: LYNX-DEV /foo/.. ?,
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