On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > >
> > > I have found that if a URL includes a tilde "~" character in some
> > >specific URLs (I have not tested for all combinations) the download does
> > >not take place. The following error is presented on the display:
>
> a quick check shows a problem with Lynx's VMS pathname parsing (I'll see
> if I can make it work properly).
As a workaround when using all the copies of lynx already out there,
you can get around the parsing problem by doubling the "/" before the
tilde. You can get to Rick Dyson's directory with:
"ftp://www-pi.physics.uiowa.edu//~dyson"
Doug
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