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Re: LYNX-DEV: why cannot 'back-up' from addr?
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David Combs |
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Re: LYNX-DEV: why cannot 'back-up' from addr? |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:51:40 -0800 |
> From address@hidden Mon Feb 24 13:51:46 1997
> From: Mike Brown <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV: why cannot 'back-up' from addr?
>
> > RE: www.news.com/Rumormill/Archives/rum2_12_97.html
> >
> > Why can I Go to that location, but not to anything
> > I back-up to (via deleting rightmost characters in that addr)?
>
> That is most likely a problem with the server, not Lynx. You'd
> get the same behavior from any browser.
>
> It cannot be assumed that http://www.news.com/Rumormill/Archives/
> is going to return a document. Perhaps if you go in from the
> other direction (connect to www.news.com, and navigate from there)
> you'll find that they have an archive index (or whatever you're
> looking for at the next level up) at a slightly different URL.
>
Nice answer. Perhaps should be added to the manual or tricks & techniques.
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