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Posted by dorayme on 11/24/92 11:46
In article <_o-dnd0FyN5tQ9rZRVnyjQ@eclipse.net.uk>,
Jim Higson <jh@333.org> wrote:
> frederick wrote:
>
> > I've just come across a link to this odd-looking URL:
> > http://www.prbm.com/interest/i.htm?manuscripts-d-f.shtml~main
> >
> > Can anyone enlighten me as to use of the "~main" at the end?
>
> In general (but not in this case) ~foo is UNIX-speak for a user's home
> directory. A home directory is like "My Documents" on Windows. For example
> on my machine, ~jim is shorthand for the path /home/jim
>
> You sometimes see addresses like http://example.com/~harry to mean harry's
> webspace on example.com's servers. Academia seems to be quite keen on this
> URL scheme.
>
Yes, on the Optus servers, e.g., one puts a /~username at the end
of http://username.optusnet.com.au to get to a username's home or
index page.
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dorayme
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