Re: URL Dissecting

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From: G C Koch
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00

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Do you notice how web addresses correct themselves on the browser address
line?  This is the return (closest) match-reply from the TCP/IP host
server and that function is independent of any OS.

GC

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:10:49 -0500 "Gabriel R. Rios" <grr4a@VIRGINIA.EDU>
writes:
>I am working on course materials for an advanced searching class and I
>was wondering about whether trainers mention case sensitivity in URLs.
>The domain part of the address is not case sensitive since it relies
>on
>a domain server.  The directory path and filename are case sensitive
>only if the website is hosted from a UNIX server.  Is this information
>correct?  I have found conflicting opinions after running an Internet
>search.
>
>Gabe
>--
>Gabriel R. Rios
>Assistant Director for Information Services
>University of Virginia Health Sciences Library
>Health Sciences Center #234
>Charlottesville, Virginia  22908
>(804)924-0051 (voice)
>(804)243-6928 (fax)
>grr4a@virginia.edu
>

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