You can take this a step further, as well, thus:
URL=protocol://[username[:password]@]servername[:port]/path[/path...][?parameter=value[¶meter=value...]]
For example:
Log in as critter, using password foobar on ftp.wizvax.net, getting file
baz.tar.gz from the home directory:
">foobar@ftp.wizvax.net/baz.tar.gz">ftp://critter:">foobar@ftp.wizvax.net/baz.tar.gz
Log in as anonymous, to port 8193 of frankenstein.dtassoc.com getting file
frotz.tgz from ...foo/bar/baz/mumble.
ftp://frankenstein.dtassoc.com:8193/foo/bar/baz/mumble/frotz.tgz
Get the default page from www.wizvax.net via http:
http://www.wizvax.net/
Put data into a cgi script.
http://www.wizvax.net/form.cgi?field1=what&field2=ever
Send email to me (at home).
mailto://">critter@wizvax.net
There are a number of other permutations of this, but you should get the
idea by now.
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Yu, Jerry wrote:
> no, an URL=protocol://location.server
>
> browser gets an URL, then try to open tcp/ip conneciton to
> location.server:protocol_port_num
>
> As for FTP, it is trying to do anonymous ftp, this is why will get the
> same 'cannot get to the server' error as you do command line ftp to
> certain busy FTP server site.
>
>
> Jerry Yu
> Systems Engineer https://punch/~zyu
> Premiere Technologies ">zyu@tc.net
> 404-262-8544 (O)
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>
> #Can someone explain what is actually happening when one tries FTP with a Web
> #browser? Is the browser actually doing HTTP and a conversion takes place on
> #the server side? What's the real story?
> #
> #- Jeff
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