This is a hack: site: make port! full-url open site double-slash: split-path to-url site/url if find at double-slash/1 (index? find double-slash/1 "//") + 2 "//" [ open to-url to-string head remove find at double-slash/1 (index? find double-slash/1 "//") + 2 "//" ]
... but it really shouldn't be neccessary, should it? ~H Dixit Hallvard Ystad (Monday 26.11.2001, kl. 14.51): >Hello folks, > >Some web servers accept (ignore) double slashes in URL paths (e.g. >http://www.rebol.com//some//path), others don't. On Mirror Image's server, >I found a redirect to such a path (look below), and Mirror Image's server >is among those who don't accept it. This causes rebol not to get to the >correct URL. All browsers seem to handle this (tested MSIE, Netscape4.76, >Netscape6.2, Opera). Does anyone know a workaround for it that doesn't >imply re-writing 'read? > >Here's from my console session: > > >> trace/net on > >> t: open > http://www.mirror-image.com/news/frame_latest.cfm?news_item_id=339 >URL Parse: none none www.mirror-image.com none news/ >frame_latest.cfm?news_item_id=3 >39 >Net-log: ["Opening tcp for" HTTP] >connecting to: www.mirror-image.com >Net-log: {GET /news/frame_latest.cfm?news_item_id=339 HTTP/1.0 >Accept: */* >Connection: close >User-Agent: 007. Bond. James Bond. >Host: www.mirror-image.com > >} >Net-log: "HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily" >Net-log: ["Opening tcp for" HTTP] >connecting to: www.mirror-image.com >Net-log: {GET //news/pressrelease.cfm?news_item_id=339 HTTP/1.0 >Accept: */* >Connection: close >User-Agent: 007. Bond. James Bond. >Host: www.mirror-image.com > >} >Net-log: "HTTP/1.1 404 Not found" >** User Error: Error. Target url: >http://www.mirror-image.com//news/pressrelease.cf >m?news_item_id=339 could not be retrieved. Server response: HTTP/1.1 404 >Not found >** Near: t: open >http://www.mirror-image.com/news/frame_latest.cfm?news_item_id=339 > >> > >~H > >Pr�tera censeo Carthaginem esse delendam > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the >quotes. Pr�tera censeo Carthaginem esse delendam -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
