[LargeFormat] new web site
Don Feinberg
largeformat@f32.net
Sun Sep 26 12:10:15 2004
> I've yet to see the absence of that last "/" restrict me in any way.
The slash does not in fact restrict you in any way. It's only a small
"performance" issue. Following a url with a slash tells the webserver that
the client has specified a directoryname, not a filename, and that the
client wants the default (e.g., index.htm, etc.) file from that directory.
It's a small difference in any case. The only difference is whether the
server has to do an "extra", "one above" directory lookup to find out
whether client specified a filename or directoryname. The whole issue
completely depends on the implementation of the webserver in question.
Don Feinberg
ducque@mindspring.com