I didn't think caps made a difference in urls, but look at this

http://www.compu-help.us/BIOS_access.htm versus

http://www.compu-help.us/bios_access.htm

With Firefox, but I would hope hte browswer makes no difference.

micky wrote:
> I didn't think caps made a difference in urls, but look at this

They don't, up to the filename. In your case,

http://www.compu-help.us
and
HTTP://WWW.COMPU-HELP.US

will go to the same place. The rest, which is a filename, is
case-sensitive. Especially if it's running on some UNIX flavor (as most
servers are).


> http://www.compu-help.us/BIOS_access.htm versus
>
> http://www.compu-help.us/bios_access.htm
>
> With Firefox, but I would hope hte browswer makes no difference.


No. It's a filename on the server, and this particular one doesn't
show you 404; otherwise you'd be seeing that.

Try:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15688127
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-US-canada-15688127

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:33:14 -0500, Patok <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>micky wrote:
>> I didn't think caps made a difference in urls, but look at this
>
> They don't, up to the filename. In your case,
>
>http://www.compu-help.us
> and
>HTTP://WWW.COMPU-HELP.US
>
>will go to the same place. The rest, which is a filename, is
>case-sensitive. Especially if it's running on some UNIX flavor (as most
>servers are).

So it can only matter after the last slash? (In a url with more than
one slashes.)

>> http://www.compu-help.us/BIOS_access.htm versus
>>
>> http://www.compu-help.us/bios_access.htm
>>
>> With Firefox, but I would hope hte browswer makes no difference.
>
>
> No. It's a filename on the server, and this particular one doesn't
>show you 404; otherwise you'd be seeing that.
>
>Try:
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15688127
> and
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-US-canada-15688127

I see what you mean.

Thanbks a lot.

micky <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I didn't think caps made a difference in urls, but look at this
>
>http://www.compu-help.us/BIOS_access.htm versus
>
>http://www.compu-help.us/bios_access.htm
>
>With Firefox, but I would hope hte browswer makes no difference.

The first part of the URL (www.compu-help.us) is a domain name. That
defines a particular computer, and is case-insensitive. The rest is
interpreted by the host computer, and may or may not be case
sensitive.

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Tim Slattery
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