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Article #187Re: archive normal form
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 05:32
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 05:32
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In article <=qflq6j@rpi.edu> rodney@dali.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes: > In article <20665.Jun2617.26.1691@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: > >So it's best to have any number of fields, each meaning ``give this > >field to cd'', and then a final field meaning ``get this.'' A name like > >pub/foo/bar reflects this perfectly: cd pub, cd foo, get bar. Similarly, > >a simple name like readme.txt means don't do any cd's, just get bar. > Except there are some sites which won't let you cd to the dirs inbetween. > You have to give the full dir path at once. How does the format handle > that? As I suggested in the first posting, slashes could be quoted. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!ox.com!yale.edu!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin Subject: Re: archive normal form Message-ID: <3234.Jun2705.32.2791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 27 Jun 91 05:32:27 GMT References: <WORLEY.91Jun26104902@sn1987a.compass.com> <20665.Jun2617.26.1691@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <=qflq6j@rpi.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 13