From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-04-18T11:21:36+09:00
Subject: Re: URI#path, windows, and file urls

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On Apr 17, 2006, at 4:34 PM, Berger, Daniel wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Ruby 1.8.4
> Windows XP
>
> Is this correct?
>
> require 'uri'
> URI.parse("file:///C:/foo/bar").path # => "/C:/foo/bar"
>
> The leading slash seems wrong to me, but then I'm not familiar with  
> the
> RFC's that cover such things.
>
> Any insight appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan

I think this is a case of Windows having multiple roots (A: , B: ,  
C:, etc.) and URI obviously can't know a) I'm running on windows so  
b) C: is a root and not a directory named "C:". And it can't just  
guess because conceivably C: might be a directory on windows in some  
cases


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