here's what curl (v7.14 on Darwin) has to say, with and without the trailing slash:
$ curl http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology --dump-header bbc-co-uk.technology.txt > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> > <html><head> > <title>301 Moved Permanently</title> > </head><body> > <h1>Moved Permanently</h1> > <p>The document has moved <a > href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology/">here</a>.</p> > </body></html> $ curl http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology/ --dump-header bbc-co-uk.technology.txt > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> > <html><head> > <title>302 Found</title> > </head><body> > <h1>Found</h1> > <p>The document has moved <a > href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm">here</a>.</p> > </body></html> On Jan 9, 2008 3:16 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology redirects directly to: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > See: > > Connected to www.bbc.co.uk (212.58.251.202). > > GET /technology HTTP/1.1 > > HOST: www.bbc.co.uk > > > > HTTP/1.1 302 Found > > [snip] > > Location: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > [snip] > > Well done to whoever fixed it. > > > Andy > > > -- > Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. > -- Adam Heath > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/

