On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 17:16:42 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:

> As many [most?] of the DOSasaurs know, a "directory" is nothing more than
> a file.  Because of that, sub-directories can be named using the same
> parameters as naming *any* file.

> I have sub-directories like MAIL/MEMBERS.HIP to keep things straight,
> and Arachne never had any problem getting me there to my saved messages.

> Arachne still has no trouble finding the "folder"; insight has no
> problem displaying the index of messages in the folder.  **BUT** when I
> select a message, Arachne gives me a 'cannot access that URL' error
> screen.

> That's a buncha !#@!@!! because 1) it's not a URL  2) the path is a
> valid DOS path  3)Arachne had no problems before with full DOS
> naming/path conventions.

> Fix it please, Michael!

> Someone else on list, please confirm that InSight can indeed read the
> files and prepare an index in a "long file name" directory, and Arachne
> then burps and refuses connection.

Sorry, can't confirm.

In fact.... quite to the contrary.<g>
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/fullpath.jpg ( 112kb )
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/fullpath.zbm ( 18kb ) ;-)

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