[jcifs] jcifs bug?

[Christopher R.Hertel]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 02:34:55PM -0700, Bernie Wieser wrote:
> 
> Spec says protocol://[user@]host[:port]/fully_qualified_path
> (well, //<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path> )
> 
> Problem is, I just can't pass fully_qualified_path to URLEncoder.encode
> because the '/' will get escaped and then jcifs.UniAddress.getByName
> explodes again.  Spec says for files
> 
>    Note that a slash "/" may appear in the <hsoname> without quoting and
>    no significance may be assumed by the application.  Though slashes
>    may indicate hierarchical structure on the server, such structure is
>    not guaranteed. Note that many <hsoname>s begin with a slash, in
>    which case the host or port will be followed by a double slash: the
>    slash from the URL syntax, followed by the initial slash from the
>    <hsoname>. (E.g., <URL:prospero://host.dom//pros/name> designates a
>    <hsoname> of "/pros/name".)
> 
> (That example will cause jcifs to err on //host//file if I remember
> correctly.)
> 
> I can make my source work by writing an encoder that does not escape '/'.

What section of the specification is this in?  I don't remember seeing
this.  Which RFC are you reading?

Chris -)-----

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