Today I saw in a Java application several different approaches to load a file.
- file:/
- file://
- file:///
What is the difference of these three URL beginnings and what is the preferred way of using them?
Thanks a lot Stefan
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file:/ is invalid, and shouldn't work file:/// is a shorthand for: file://localhost/ file:// is the recommended method
Ayende Rahien
2010-09-01 09:53:12
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file:/is invalid as far as I knowfile://is the prefix for the file protocolfile:///is the prefix for the file protocol, plus a leading/pointing to the root directory of the current drive (On Windows) or the overall root directory (On Linux / Unix).
Pekka
2010-09-01 09:53:34
+1 On windows remote drives, the `file://` protocol prefix leads to even four slashes: `file:////other/mydir/myfile.txt` for a file `\\other\mydir\myfile.txt` (see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/uri.html).
Chris Lercher
2010-09-01 10:10:46
@chris_li ahahahaha, hadn't thought of that scenario! That looks just *crazy*. Great addition.
Pekka
2010-09-01 10:11:45