Re: Downloading htmlds

Bruce Gingery (bruce%tssslab@TotSysSoft.com)
Fri, 10 Feb 95 14:12:17 -0700


In RFC #1, Rohit Khare wrote:

-> SPECIFICATION
-> -------------

-> Foobar.htmld MUST CONTAIN
-> * index.html

-> it MAY CONTAIN
-> * alternate indices of the same html content
-> (index-ascii.html, index-imaged-elements.html)
-> * referenced files
-> * application-specific data (.linkdb, .etDocInfo,
-> other state)

May I propose the content file
foo.htmld/.archivelist
as a default name for CONTAINED files which should be
presumed as a single unit for single transfer when
an HTTP request is made for foo.htmld.tgz

In this case, if foo.htmld/.archivelist exists, at a
minimum, it will contain a single line with the name
"index.html" Other files which are part of the
"package" may also be specified.

Bruce Gingery