The first definition I found was "An acronym for "Uniform Resource Locator," this is the address of a resource on the Internet." Would not FTP hosts qualify as "a resource on the Internet"?
See also http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Help : FTP A PDS In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/04/2006 at 09:57 AM, TISLER Zaromil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I am not sure if I have tried FTP with URL instead of host name, but >linux FTP clients (ftp, lftp, ncftp), default Windows 2000 FTP, and >z/OS 1.7 FTP allow the use of URLs I suggest that you consult the definition of a URL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

