Universal Resource Locators are global names for items on the Internet: they specify what kind of resource the item is, what server it can be found at, and its name on that server. In the case of files and directories on FTP servers, a URL is a string in the following format:
If the userid and password are omitted it╒s assumed to be an anonymous FTP server. The port value is also optional. So the URL for a copy of Fetch on Dartmouth╒s FTP server would look like this:
URLs were originally designed for use in the World Wide Web (WWW). Fetch uses URLs as part of bookmark files, and can also use URLs in the Open Connection, Edit Shortcuts, Change Directory, Get File, and Get Directories and Files dialogs. The Copy command in the Edit menu puts a URL for the current directory or selected items on the clipboard.
