Braden McDaniel wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Fredrick R. Kenniston III"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >     I am looking for a fairly simple and straight forward explanation on
> > why "file:///" is used, is it a Windows network protocol or HTTP
> > protocol or what.
>
> It is the file URL scheme. Read section 3.10 of this document:
>
>   <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html>
>
> The actual protocol used to retrieve the resource is system-dependent.
>
> Braden

Hey, Braden,

    This gave me the exactly what I was looking for, I really appreciate it.
Additionally, the site <http://www.faqs.org> will also be useful for other
research I am currently working on, which is a huge added bonus.

    Again, thanks.

Regards,

Fredrick
Modern-Day Sword-Fighter
and Newbie Programmer



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