sftp urls

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 08:23 +0100, Jan Hudec wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 13:22:56 +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> > So, I would like us to do the following:
> > 
> >  * revert to the 
> >  sftp://host/absolute 
> >  path behaviour. Turn off all 'homedir' behaviour temporarily.
> >  
> >  * email the URI working group with a request that homedir as a concept
> >  be explicitly added to URI's. Perhaps with a strawman like
> >  sftp://host~relativepath.
> 
> Doesn't the host need to be terminated with a /? Then it would have to
> be at least sftp://host/~relativepath and I would prefer
> sftp://host/~/relativepath so it's a) compatible with what one writes
> locally and b) allows extending to sftp://user@host/~otheruser/path.


No, because ~ in URI's is (IIRC) escaped anyway, and even ignoring that,
how do you get at /~/foobar in the filesystem? We have to extend the URL
spec, there is no way *within it* to represent homedir-as-a-concept.

> >  * implement relative paths after the dust settles.
> 
> Generally +1.

Rob
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