[jcifs] SMB URL

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Christopher R. Hertel [SMTP:crh at ubiqx.mn.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:06 AM
> To:	Allen, Michael B (RSCH)
> Cc:	jcifs at samba.org
> Subject:	Re: [jcifs] SMB URL
> 
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 11:32:32PM -0400, Allen, Michael B (RSCH) wrote:
> :
> > > How do people feel about that solution?
> >
> >       If it works in practice then I'm ok with this but I would have to
> >       write some code and try it out first. There might be issues with
> >       URL decoding/encoding. Remember when the SMB URL handling in jCIFS
> >       was messed up and we kept going around in circles decoding and
> >       encoding the URLs as they were passed in, out, and internally?
> 
> I remember.  :)
> 
> Basically, though, the URL syntax takes precedence and nothing should be 
> un-escaped until the URL has been parsed.
> 
> So, the way I see it, if you have:
> 
>   smb://foo%2Ebar.what.snu.com/share
> 
> It would become:
> 
>   NetBIOS Name = "foo%2Ebar"
>       Scope ID = "what.snu.com"
>          Share = "share"
> 
> ...and then you would convert the %2E into a dot.
> 
	Right, but if you "export" the decoded URL how do you know if you need to re-encode a dot?