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>Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:21:06 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Language Laboratories and Archives <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6783 OS X Server: making a final slash automatic in resolving URLs
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>--- Forwarded Message from David Kanig <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>We're running a Mac OS X Server 10.1 on which web service has been
>configured to automatically append "index.html" to the end of any URL
>request which comes in without a file name at the end. While this
>works as expected for addresses which end in a slash, it is not
>working for URLs which don't end in a slash. For example:
>
> http://www.language.brown.edu/CZH/ correctly resolves to:
> http://www.language.brown.edu/CZH/index.html . However,
>
> http://www.language.brown.edu/CZH only yields error messages:
> "Netscape is unable to locate the server LangLabServer 16080"
> and similarly, IE reports: "The specified server could not be found."
>
>Can anyone suggest what the problem might be?
Computers are really dumb. Perhaps what the second resolves to is
http://www.language.brown.edu/CZHindex.html, which would not be a
good address. Can the program that appends index.html be set to
evaluate the expression to look for a final slash, and to append one
if it is missing?
Barbara Need
Manager (SS4)
UChicago
Language Labs & Archives
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