On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 09:05:31AM +0100, Gabriele Bartolini wrote:

> >    o Using valid_extensions also allows URL's with no extension
> >      (after my patch to Retriever.cc).  This is as it should be,
> >      since many URL's with no extension are subdirectories,
> >      which we need to index.  But other URL's with no extension
> >      are binary executables or heaven knows what.
> 
> Yes, but I think with a more accurate control on the 'stat' result,
> we may recognize if we are managing a directory or not. Not only
> byu controlling if it's a regular file or not.

True, for local URL's, using stat would be a better solution
for distinguishing directories from ordinary files.  But that
won't help for URL's that are only available by HTTP.

-- 
Warren

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