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- The discussion about local files prompts me to ask - how does one
- distinguish between ones own local ftp area (which is what the outside
- world sees when following a file URL), and the local file system
- mounted under root (which is what a client program like xmosaic sees)?.
- How do I refer to my own ftp area?
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- As far as I can see, no URL should refer to different mechanisms in
- different contexts. Lets have ftp: (use ftp ONLY) and file: (local file
- system ONLY, further use discouraged). I don't want an afs: URL,
- because it's equivalent to file: if you're an AFS site, and useless if
- you aren't. OK, AFS sites (we are one) can mount each others file
- systems, but it's NOT a preferred method of allowing the world access
- to info that we want to make public.
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- Peter
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