Re: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-28 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Fri, 28 May 2004, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: Well, then there's no way of automatic detection if the initial path element of an URL specifies a disk or a directory. Perhaps a special construct could be used, such as a double slash. Wget could always support a URL parameter, such as:

Re: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-28 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Tony Lewis wrote: Assuming, you can detect a VMS connection, why not simply ftp://server/foo:[dir1.dir2]? Well, that would contradict the URI specification (although it could be considered a usable hack). -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-28 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:32 AM To: Hrvoje Niksic Cc: Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE); Tony Lewis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OpenVMS URL On Fri, 28 May 2004, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: Well, then there's no way of automatic detection if the initial path element of an URL specifies a disk

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-28 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Fri, 28 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: Correction, no other client that *I have checked* seems to work with disk: part of a VMS pathname. For that matter many of them have trouble with accessing just regular diorectories. So, wget does a better job than most. I have tried the

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-28 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
28, 2004 10:59 AM To: Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) Cc: Hrvoje Niksic; Tony Lewis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OpenVMS URL On Fri, 28 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: Correction, no other client that *I have checked* seems to work with disk: part of a VMS pathname. For that matter many

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-27 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: The colon is allowed in directory names and file names as far as I know. Well, then there's no way of automatic detection if the initial path element of an URL specifies a disk or a directory. Perhaps a special construct could be used,

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-27 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
, 2004 6:58 AM To: Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) Cc: Tony Lewis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OpenVMS URL On Wed, 26 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: The colon is allowed in directory names and file names as far as I know. Well, then there's no way of automatic detection if the initial

Re: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-27 Thread Tony Lewis
Hrvoje Niksic wrote: Wget could always support a URL parameter, such as: wget 'ftp://server/dir1/dir2/file;disk=foo' Assuming, you can detect a VMS connection, why not simply ftp://server/foo:[dir1.dir2]? Tony

OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
I am trying to use wget to retrieve a file from an OpenVMS server but have been unable to make wget to process a path with a volume name in it. For example: disk:[directory.subdirectory]filename How would I go about entering this type of path in a way that wget can understand?

Re: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Tony Lewis
How do you enter the path in your web browser? - Original Message - From: Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:32 AM Subject: OpenVMS URL I am trying to use wget to retrieve a file from an OpenVMS server but have been unable

Re: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Patrick J. Kobly
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 08:32:29AM -0600, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: I am trying to use wget to retrieve a file from an OpenVMS server but have been unable to make wget to process a path with a volume name in it. For example: disk:[directory.subdirectory]filename How would I go

Re: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Tony Lewis
Subject: RE: OpenVMS URL That's the problem I'm having. With all the looking and reading I've done I haven't found a way to specify the type of pathname I used as an example (disk:[directory.subdirectory]filename) as a URL for a broswer or anything else that requires a URL to retrieve things over

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
(AGRE); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OpenVMS URL Then your problem isn't with wget. Once you figure out how to access the file in a web browser, use the same URL in wget. Tony - Original Message - From: Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tony Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: That's the problem I'm having. With all the looking and reading I've done I haven't found a way to specify the type of pathname I used as an example (disk:[directory.subdirectory]filename) as a URL for a broswer or anything else that

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
. -- Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Maciej W. Rozycki Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:36 PM To: Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) Cc: Tony Lewis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OpenVMS URL On Wed, 26 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: That is exactly what I was having trouble with. I have been able to specify directories in the same way that you have mentioned using [directory.subdirectory]filename, but I have had no success with any attempts to incorporate the disk:

RE: OpenVMS URL

2004-05-26 Thread Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE)
] Subject: RE: OpenVMS URL On Wed, 26 May 2004, Bufford, Benjamin (AGRE) wrote: That is exactly what I was having trouble with. I have been able to specify directories in the same way that you have mentioned using [directory.subdirectory]filename, but I have had no success with any attempts