On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:02:01 +0100
justin <j...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> HOMEPAGE="http://emboss.sourceforge.net";
> >
> > could do with a trailing "/"
I *like* to see that too...
> I asked myself quite often, if this needed or not. What is the purpose
> of the trailing "/"?
However:
"An HTTP URL takes the form:
http://<host>:<port>/<path>?<searchpart>
"where <host> and <port> are as described in Section 3.1. If :<port>
is omitted, the port defaults to 80. No user name or password is
allowed. <path> is an HTTP selector, and <searchpart> is a query
string. The <path> is optional, as is the <searchpart> and its
preceding "?". If neither <path> nor <searchpart> is present, the "/"
may also be omitted." [1]
[1] <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt>, p.8, section 3.3
