>> Then I noticed that requests to folder without trailing slash (GET >> /somepath/foo/bar) >> are redirected to locations with slash (/somepath/foo/bar/) so it's easy >> to tell it's a directory.
this depends how server is configured to treat trailing slash. In most cases it will treat it as access to folder and look for default files there (index.htm, index.html, index.php, default.asp, default.aspx etc.). But this can be easily changed by simply changing .htaccess files on Apache for example so even if web server is configured one way, navigating to a certain folder with different .htaccess directives can change this behaviour completely. You will see that for example WordPress has an option how it will display URL path - as "folders" as "html file" but in reality this is just a choice of format which will be parsed later by "index.php" or whatever. This is just a modification of .htaccess So you cannot really know how folders are structured on the server is just by looking at the URL. Furthermore a lot of servers are configured as virtual hosting meaning a single host hosts hundreds or even thousands of sites that share the same IP address (just have their own "user account" directory configured on the server). -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
