[ee122] question about file names

[Daniel Killebrew]

Nescio Nomen wrote:
> Once the client has retrieved an item from the server (via a 200 OK 
> reply), it constructs a local file name
> into which to store the item. The new file name is the simple name of 
> the URI, i.e., all the characters
> following the last '/'. This handles all but a few special cases. In 
> these special cases, your client must create
> these files according the simple names listed below.
> / In this case, the simple name will be dir
> foo/ In this case, the simple name will be foo
>
> I don't understand that case. What's it supposed to catch?
>
> Is foo just a generic variable that stands for "any and all characters 
> before the last slash?"
>
> So, for this request URI:
>
> /database/contents/
>
> foo would be:
>
> /database/contents
 From the spec:
The new file name is the simple name of the URI, i.e., all the characters
following the last ‘/’.

therefore '/database/' is not part of "all the characters following the 
last /"
so 'contents' would be the filename.

Please rid a bit more closely before asking questions.

Daniel
>
> Is that correct?
>
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