[ee122] Directories with extensions

[Daniel Killebrew]

Christopher Cowart wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:20:27AM -0700, Carrell Killebrew wrote:
>   
>> Yes, list the directory's contents if the URL passed to you does 
>> refer to a directory, regardless of what the name 'looks like'.
>>
>> Don't bother looking at the file's contents, just blindly return 
>> text/plain since the extension is .txt
>>     
>
> Here's another case:
>
> Assume /index.html is a directory.
>
> When the client asks for /, do we:
>   
Good question. Since they asked for / and not actually for /index.html, 
and since index.html is not a file, do step 3. Ie: treat '/' as a 
directory and do 'ls' on it.
>   a) ls index.html
>   b) recurse, so look for /index.html/index.html, and ls /index.html if
>      index.html/index.html doesn't exist
>   c) not worry about it because it's a really obnoxious corner case that
>      doubles the length of the logic and you're a nice guy who isn't 
>      going to write any such test cases
>
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