At 12:40 am ((PDT)) Sat May 10, 2008, in Digest 2309 Alan wrote: >From: "dick_faust" > ...list of Ham Band setup constants 180 - > > 6M on 20KHz centers check my file posting in: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/files/K9IVB-Si570/Si570 >The link did not work but easy to see K9IVB in the Files.
Actually, everything up to .../K9IVB-Si570/ _does_ work, but this is another example of failing to "escape" illegal characters in a URL. In this case, the space in the filename "Si570 VB-VBA.zip" should have been replaced with %20. There's no need to work this out: a functioning URL is created in the notification message posted automatically to the thread: "New file uploaded to softrock40". In this case, message #20700 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/message/20700 contains >You can access this file at the URL: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/files/K9IVB-Si570/Si570%20VB-VBA.zip Possibly better would be to avoid the ugly escape sequence by not using illegal characters in the filename; for example, replace space with dash, underscore or initial capitalization of the following word. A related failing is to publish a Yahoo session URL full of gibberish, which will have expired before anyone else gets to read it on the group. (Indeed, it can expire before your own computer session is over.) It is also possible to cut&paste a valid URL by grafting the filename from the session URL onto the folder URL from the previous screen (assuming one has drilled-down through the Files area), which will automatically include the necessary escape sequences. Not difficult, but it's easier to copy the URL from the "New file" thread, especially since newer files will be towards end of the thread and there is a good chance that many of us will still have the message. Regards, LenW
