[REBOL] Where do Web servers hide their Web?
From: al:bri:xtra at: 10-Nov-2000 21:05
Sharriff asked:
> Excuse the naive question but:
>
> >>save http://127.0.0.1/ %testfile.txt
> connecting to: 127.0.0.1
>
> Can someone tell me where REBOL puts the file? I´ve tried it at home and
at work, the file is nowhere to be found on my Webserver configured as
Localhost. Yes , I´ve tried using its DNS Name:
> >>write http://isis/ %testfile.txt ( or save http://isis %testfile.txt)
> and I´ve searched "Hi and Lo" in every directory for the file-> nothing!.
> Reading an existing file works though...
Rebol send the file to your web server at tcp port 80 as bits and bytes.
What the webserver does with those bits and bytes, which are highly likely
to not be a valid http request, is nothing. It might send back a client
error message, but Rebol has not been told to look for it.
Andrew Martin
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